Corals spawn in Australia’s first offshore nursery on the Great Barrier Reef – video

Coral cuttings were grown on underwater frames and then planted in patches of bare reef at Fitzroy Island near Cairns. Four years later the corals have spawned for the first time and scientists hope to use the same technique to boost coral cover in other locations on the reef

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