FORTY divers have removed abandoned fishing nets covering coral reefs in a protected area in the Gulf of Thailand in a two-day operation.
Removal of the nets by a group of volunteer divers and the Coastal Resources Research Centre, helped by the Royal Thai Navy, revealed long lines of coral bleaching inside the protected area around Ko Losin, a small rocky islet in the southern waters of the gulf.
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