The Value of Coral

"Sadly, coral does not have the same value as diamonds; actually the coral does not have a lot of value at all". Coral grows, you can cultivate it and just like a diamond, it's rare. One percent of the world oceans is covered by reef, reef is considered endangered but still not valuable. 99% of Bonaire's shoreline is covered by Coral. Coral reefs are the largest structures created by any group of animals in the world.If our shorelines where made out of gemstone, then there would be an army of police force protecting these corals to make sure nobody would ever touch or takes any species. Nobody would be allowed to disturb its health or it's growth. Bonaire then would be the safest place on earth. But still it seem that our reef and reef fish does not have that kind of value. Divers are braking and touching the coral to get the picture of a sea horse, shore lines are being excavated to build villas nobody can effort, cruise ships and airplanes are dumping their waste water.
The funny thing about all this protection: we actually don't need permission to protect the coral. We don't need to wait for the government to send out a Zero tolerance policy.
We don't need the permission of the marine park before starting protecting the coral and give it his value it so much deserves. We can start now,"don't touch, don't brake, you can only take pictures and leave footprints"
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[forumantilles]

He is not Dutch! He is a home grown part of Bonaire. Get your facts right.

[srbmarine]

What a dickhead that diver was with the puffer.

[1legions]

I disagree, I think corals are better off in tanks where maintainance is perfect than in the ocean which is slowly being polluted and temperature changes are killing the corals.

[finnyboy1997]

LOL that's allan

[iownbeotch]

its good what you saying but you did make your video pretty crap and i have coral in a tank and i started with one and now it is spread all over my 600 liter tank so im not killing it i am actually breeding it.

[kilmyster2010]

nice vid XD but i still don't understand why u used a dutch boy as an example for the future of Bonaire

[dylandabomb230]

i hate BP

[dylandabomb230]

@1legions i think we should try and preserve it and not touch it out in the wild, but at the same time we can help the survival of coral, by propogating it in our reef tanks.

[NotDavidM]

@kuromizusan make sure you are ready for them. You know you'll be ready when you don't have to ask how to keep them. Research

[kuromizusan]

Im gonna take some home today.

[FishyMoe]

Ey i'm a diver, and in the reef aquarium hobby. I buy as many aquacultured and maricultured fish and corals as possible and if not possible, only buy from companies that collect using sustainable practices. Done sustainably, really doesnt leave a mark. Also I never buy things that have a high death rate.