Category: Marine Protect Areas

An improperly installed mooring line and chain draped across the reef near Ped, Nusa Penida

A Buoy on the Surface, the Reef Paid the Price

One morning, a mooring line appeared out of nowhere in front of our Coral Lab in Ped — no permit, no record of who installed it, no idea what it was doing to the reef underneath. Here’s what we found when we went to look, why we had to pull it out, and what a properly installed mooring looks like instead.