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Coral farm wants to give back to the Great Barrier Reef
Thursday February 25, 2021
A company investigating spawning coral on a commercial scale has the ultimate aim of helping to restore the Great Barrier Reef.
Monsoon Aquatics founder Daniel Kimberley in the facility at the Bundaberg Port. Photo: ABC
In an unassuming shed in Bundaberg lie rows of pools awash with psychedelic colour. Thousands of small, neon corals glow under blacklights, destined to leave Australia for the international market.
Growing coral is big business — and operator Monsoon Aquatics is about to undertake an $800,000 expansion with the help of a federal…
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