Transplantation — Kingston Harbour

OPP-08KBXWpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-08KBXW

Published as: Transplantation of benthic species to mitigate impacts of coastal development in Jamaica | Technique: Transplantation | Disturbance addressed: Dredging | Genera: Acropora | Method: Dredging in Kingston Harbour resulted in the removal of the northern portion of the shallow coral reef at Rackham’s Cay, sparking a proposal to transplant benthic species to an undisturbed area. Sixty thousand items, consisting of reef building massive and branching corals; gorgonians; urchins (Diadema and Tripneustes spp.) and Thalassia meristems were relocated. | Post-restoration monitoring: 18 months | Authors' conclusion: Enough of the corals have survived to be able to significantly increase the percent cover of coral at the relocation area. | Lessons reported: The relocation project reported here cost US$1.7 million and represents a landmark case in Jamaica ’s environmental process as the first significant attempt at mitigation by Jamaican environmental professionals who took the lead in calling for this type of mitigation and received full support from their Government counterparts. | This record was compiled from a published source and has not been confirmed by the organisation that carried out the work. No contribution to the condition index is recorded: the source reports survival of transplanted material, which is not a measure of ecosystem condition.

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