hich provides an indication of the scale and type of impact
that dredging operations can have on corals and coral reefs.
Undoubtedly, there are many more cases of coral damage associated
with dredging operations worldwide, some of which are reported
in confidential documents or in local languages, to which
access is limited. Many of the historical dredging operations and
port developments near coral reefs have never been documented
and effects on corals were rarely quantified.