This Issue:

• Sulu-Reef Prosthesis, A New Artificial Structure to Restore a Degraded Coral Reef
• Biodiversity Assessment of the Barangay Langogan by Arboreal Camera-Trapping
• Developing a Sustainable Community-Based Farm Operation for Seaweed Growers

In 2016 Sulubaaï Environmental Foundation (SEF) designed a Sulu-Reef Prosthesis (SRP) to restore the degraded local reef of Pangatalan Island (Shark Fin Bay). From 2017 to date, SEF has deployed more than 200 SRPS on different coral rubble patches inside the marine protected area. In detail, SEF located a variety of SRPS for a total of 178 m2 of artificial surface available for recruitment and coral out plantation. This restoration technique allowed to attach 1,647 coral fragments belonging to 15 coral genus and 28 different species. Results show 76.63% survivorship rate with an attachment rate higher than 70%. Growing trend (ecological volume) of branching forms significantly influenced by the starting size while massive and thin forms did not show any significant difference between size groups. This new artificial structure has the potential to facilitate resiliency of numerous reefs within coral repartition areas, since it allows to affix different genus, thus, increasing or maintaining the local biodiversity.