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Divers from the U.S. Naval Base Guam Dive Locker conduct crown of thorns culling. Credit - U.S. Naval Base Guam Dive Locker
October 28, 2020
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The island’s reefs got some help fighting off predators earlier this year, thanks to the help of divers and engineers with the U.S. Navy. Member of the U.S. Naval Base Guam dive locker and environmental scientists with Naval Facilities Engineering Command joined efforts to clean up predatory crown of thorns sea stars from the Orote ecological reserves and Old Wives Beach. A survey of the beach, which transects Turtle Rock, showed evidence of extensive coral damage...

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