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A rescue mission is underway to save Barbados’ coral reefs, which have been impacted by a range of climate-related and other hazards. Recent studies conducted by the Coastal Zone Management Unit and Barbados’ Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) reveal that 75 percent of the island’s near-shore reefs were in very poor condition, while 40 percent of the bank reefs were stressed. “There are no areas of very good reef– none,” said Kirk Humphrey, the country’s Minister of Maritime Affairs. “All around Barbados you cannot find a spot with very good reef. It has also told us that herbivorous fish are on the decline in a number of areas.

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