A major bottleneck to planting efficiency has been (re-)attaching corals to the reef. Physical attachment approaches are generally favoured over chemical approaches (e.g. chemical adhesives), leading to John Edmondson’s invention of the Coralclip®. The device consists of a stainless-steel spring clip that clamps the coral or fragment to the reef. Coral Nurture Program has demonstrated that the low-cost Coralclips can be deployed typically in 15 seconds, with up to several hundred corals planted per shallow dive. Several variations of Coralclip® are underway to widen application.
John Edmondson’s Coralclip® is now routinely deployed in more than 20 countries. If you are interested in trialling small batches or purchasing larger batches, please visit www.coralclip.org. We would be open to research collaborations to compare Coralclip® success across diverse reef sites and operations.
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