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Coral Restoration at Kokomo Private Island Fiji

Coral Restoration

  • Coral cleaning in progress under water
  • Scuba diver inspecting coral udner water
  • Scuba diver making notes under water on corals
  • Close up of coral under water

One of the greatest threats to coral reefs around the world is climate change by rising sea temperatures. To ensure the reef surrounding Kokomo continues to thrive, we launched our Kokomo Coral Restoration Project in 2018. This project is being led by the Kokomo Marine Biology Team and Marine Department, and our main goal is to increase the number of heat resilient corals on our Kokomo house reef. The more heat resilient corals we have on our house reef, the more likely the reef will survive in years to come.

Guests are encouraged to take part in all stages of the restoration process. Working with our team they can learn how to identify heat resilient corals, plant coral fragments into one of our 7 coral nurseries, and learn how to transplant corals back on to the Kokomo house reef.

To date Kokomo has transplanted over 2,000 corals back on to our house reef and has increased our coral nurseries to hold over 3,000 corals per season. We have added 2 new coral nurseries to our eastern side and grow corals in 3 different styles of nursery.

Our Nursery Style

  • Vertical Tree Nurseries at Kokomo Private Island Fiji

    Vertical Tree Nurseries

    These nurseries are great for growing corals at different depths in the water column

  • Horizontal Rope Nurseries at Kokomo Private Island Fiji

    Horizontal Rope Nurseries

    These nurseries are great for growing large quantities of branching corals all at once

  • Cement Disk Nurseries at Kokomo Private Island Fiji

    Cement Disk Nurseries

    These nurseries are great for growing encrusting and plate corals that cannot grow on ropes