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T/V PORT STEWART


Coral reef habitat scraped and crushed by the T/V PORT STEWART grounding.

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Coral reef habitat scraped and crushed by the T/V PORT STEWART grounding

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Coral reef habitat scraped and crushed by the T/V PORT STEWART grounding. A large brain coral (2 meters in diameter) that was overturned by the T/V PORT STEWART Grounding. A diver works near an impacted staghorn coral colony (Acorpora cervicornis). This species of coral is listed as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Divers work to attach broken fragments of the ESA listed Staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) to a floating underwater coral array. Numerous impacted corals are cached together for later reattachment. A large colony of Montastrea annularis fractured and crushed by the Port Stewart grounding.Fragments of the ESA listed Acropora cervicornis (staghorn coral) hang suspended on a floating underwater coral array.A diver examines a coral colony fractured during the T/V Port Stewart Incident.


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