Selasa, 14 Maret 2017

UK Cruise Ship Crashes Into Coral Reefs Off Raja Ampat Indonesia

The British cruise ship grounded in shallow waters off the coast of Indonesian
and crushed ribs in coral reefs protected the local station of the island.


MS Caledonian Sky is grounded in shallow waters off the Indonesiancoast and broken in coral reefs protected at the Rajah Ampat in thewestern province of Papua. The ship got caught in the tide despite itsGPS and radar instruments. (Stay Raja Ampat |) Facebook)

Fragmented to 295 feet ceiling Caledonian MS estimated withdrawal is the reef 17,222 sq ft to Raja Ampat of West Papua Province 4 last March, when he ran in the region, according to the evaluation team.

Smashing Into Precious Reefs

The ship, caught in a well back of GPS and radar instruments aboard,towed with the tug still in such a low tide, which is supposed to have caused more damage.

"A ship of the city of Sorong has been deployed to help bail out the boat, which is something that should not happen because it damaged worse corals," said Ricardo Tapilatu, head of the research center oft he University of Papua and the members of the team resource of the Pacific ocean.

The team said that shipowners are noble Caledonia must pay an indemnity of $ 1.92 million to $ 1.28 million after the marine ecosystem of the Sanctuary has been affected.

"If the company does not want to compensate, the local Governmentwill bring the case before the Court," Tapilatu said in a report in the Jakarta Post.

Caledonian sky, weighs 4,290 tonnes, carrying 102 passengers and crew 79 16 - night journey from Papua New Guinea to the Philippines. He just finished a birding trip in the Raja Ampat of Waigeo, a populardive site Islands and one of the richest biodiversity in the world - when the incident happened.

In a statement, based in London small businesses-cruise nicknamed the "unfortunate" incident and expressed with full cooperation with the authorities.

"Noble Caledonia is firmly committed to the protection of the environment, that is why it is very important that the reason for this is entirely studied and understand each lesson built into operating
procedures," part of the read statement.

Prospects for damaged ecosystems

The Indonesia residents who rely on tourism of diving is considered to be sad and all time.

"Great damage and acute." It could take 10 to 100 years to solve this problem "diving instructor Ruben Sauyai stated to the BBC, adding that most of the inhabitants work in the tourism industry, while the rest are fishermen or farmers.

Laura Resti Raja Ampat homestay Association says what happened to be "counterproductive" to their aspirations of local tourism, as the reefs are especially interesting crowds visiting the National Park.

Tapilatu said in a separate report of the Jakarta Post that the kinds ofcoral has been destroyed by ships, including the genera Porites, Acropora, Poicilopora and Tubastrea, all took decades to recover. 

Conservation International Indonesia (CII) spokesman Albert Nebore said that the ship may have entered the region without consulting local guides.

"The captain of the ship forced the ship to enter the area, which is not open to cruise ships," he said.

Coral Reef in the world have hunted by a severe bleaching of the days of the event, including one that destroyed the 400 miles of the Northern Great Barrier Reef in 2016. 

Coral famous shows the accumulation of heat stress compared to the same period last year, before th worst event whitening that destroyed 25 percent of all corals and threatening the status of world heritage, which has seen.

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