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1. <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205213507887679505</id><updated>2024-05-02T05:58:33.271+08:00</updated><category term="field-trips"/><category term="news"/><category term="issues-local"/><category term="science"/><category term="action"/><category term="ubin"/><category term="changi"/><category term="chek-jawa"/><category term="mangroves"/><category term="sentosa"/><category term="mpa-notice"/><category term="issues-oil-spill"/><category term="semakau"/><category term="cyrene"/><category term="guiding"/><category term="pasir-ris"/><category term="issues-marine-litter"/><category term="tanah-merah"/><category term="sisters"/><category term="issues-global"/><category term="east-coast"/><category term="sungei-buloh"/><category term="hantu"/><category term="issues-reclamation"/><category term="labrador"/><category term="issues-aquaculture"/><category term="issues-aquarium"/><category term="issues-mass-fish-death"/><category term="issues-bleaching"/><category term="IYOR2018"/><category term="mega-marine-survey"/><category term="kusu"/><category term="mega-fauna"/><category term="st-johns"/><category term="wildfacts-updates"/><category term="kranji"/><category term="chek-jawa-surveys"/><category term="project-semakau-book"/><category term="tuas"/><category term="wild-photos"/><category term="berlayar-creek"/><category term="terumbu-pempang"/><category term="punggol"/><category term="ejs-oil-spill-Jan-2017"/><category term="lazarus"/><category term="anemone-hunt"/><category term="jong"/><category term="lim-chu-kang"/><category term="terumbu-semakau"/><category term="issues-flaring"/><category term="new-records"/><category term="mandai"/><category term="beting-bemban-besar"/><category term="beting-bronok"/><category term="sekudu"/><category term="issues-sand"/><category term="issues-rising seas"/><category term="marine-workshop"/><category term="sekudu-surveys"/><category term="terumbu-raya"/><category term="raffles-lighthouse"/><category term="bukom"/><category term="keppel-bay-marina"/><category term="terumbu-bemban"/><category term="pesta-ubin"/><category term="master-plan"/><category term="mass-coral-spawning"/><category term="project-driftnet"/><category term="tekukor"/><category term="woodlands"/><category term="admiralty"/><category term="fish-expedition"/><category term="fun"/><category term="living-artificial-shores"/><category term="southern-islands"/><category term="tekong"/><category term="jurong-island"/><category term="history"/><category term="lost-coast"/><category term="other-shores"/><category term="safety"/><category term="soxy"/><category term="ubin-surveys"/><category term="marina-east"/><category term="wild-intern"/><category term="issues-animal-release"/><category term="pandan"/><category term="sembawang"/><category term="sultan-shoal"/><category term="seletar"/><category term="personal"/><category term="west-coast"/><category term="drone-survey"/><title type='text'>wild shores of singapore</title><subtitle type='html'>Singapore has living reefs! Amazing marine life! Photos and stories of latest field trips. Also sadly, some issues and threats. Latest updates on marine science local and global.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wildshores.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1205213507887679505/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildshores.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1205213507887679505/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false'/><author><name>Ria Tan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09770926654830427210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiiWjmxuACQhACMytytupw7dSG5Xq7Okf_KmetgEL6FricUkyjLENRiH4QDyt1ADv87695XJopE4QpyEeK-mZ-Lcbr8P0gNjkLTO08O4fw8qa8bPUyo3wtZqtvM2tJQ/s117/wildsing.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3613</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205213507887679505.post-1422164090444018336</id><published>2024-05-02T05:57:00.004+08:00</published><updated>2024-05-02T05:57:39.030+08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="keppel-bay-marina"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="news"/><title type='text'>CoralWalk at Marina at Keppel Bay: Every Friday, March-October 2024</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Super safe, super fun. A reef grows on the floating pontoons of Marina at Keppel Bay in the city. 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See corals, anemones, fishes! For kids aged 6 and above.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://sistic.com.sg/events/lkccoral2024&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Sistic event page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;630&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;210&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIskiThkpH1Pa1Mq6sQgc0zkrQMZ_pO6jo3_OyQo0B41CZz0L7gOPt4W0vBHqQxuY5L-3xq3M8m54P7PNlcAb2cQWNeWaT0W3US2mNJhaTxQP0_hJLTV55IucTSJB2W8gB6N_FFVogZobXaWf6f3jqtdvrNEQSBN2aRq_l3LM5ZSZSSWOH3itCXrORpSY/w400-h210/440790703_843743741120694_3141971446657644530_n.jpg&quot; style=&quot;color: #0000ee; text-align: center;&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each session is approximately 1 hour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;e-mail &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:nhmlearning@nus.edu.sg&quot;&gt;nhmlearning@nus.edu.sg&lt;/a&gt; for further inquiries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;22 March 2024 (Friday) 4:00pm - 5:00pm&lt;br /&gt;26 April 2024 (Friday) 4:00pm - 5:00pm&lt;br /&gt;31 May 2024 (Friday) 4:00pm - 5:00pm&lt;br /&gt;28 June 2024 (Friday) 4:00pm - 5:00pm&lt;br /&gt;26 July 2024 (Friday) 4:00pm - 5:00pm&lt;br /&gt;30 August 2024 (Friday) 4:00pm - 5:00pm&lt;br /&gt;27 September 2024 (Friday) 4:00pm - 5:00pm&lt;br /&gt;25 October 2024 (Friday) 4:00pm - 5:00pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cost: $30* per pax&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Excludes SISTIC booking fees. Meeting point will be at Marina Lobby (near Privé Restaurant&#39;s entrance), Marina at Keppel Bay, 2 Keppel Bay Vista, Singapore 098382.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more information on how to get to Keppel Bay, please visit: &lt;a href=&quot;https://marinakeppelbay.com/getting-here/&quot;&gt;https://marinakeppelbay.com/getting-here/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1205213507887679505/posts/default/1422164090444018336'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1205213507887679505/posts/default/1422164090444018336'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildshores.blogspot.com/2024/05/coralwalk-at-marina-at-keppel-bay-every.html' title='CoralWalk at Marina at Keppel Bay: Every Friday, March-October 2024'/><author><name>Ria Tan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09770926654830427210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiiWjmxuACQhACMytytupw7dSG5Xq7Okf_KmetgEL6FricUkyjLENRiH4QDyt1ADv87695XJopE4QpyEeK-mZ-Lcbr8P0gNjkLTO08O4fw8qa8bPUyo3wtZqtvM2tJQ/s117/wildsing.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQsqKkV1qcgV-qgRbZs8V2Rs6TYzCp98re8o1csPVzZz4U8B0psNZyA2FOMxOxmzCfwRZ9vewBr6p20FXWsnQFwSXfhTmdGFmBPHm-CyirRZ4UR77ph2KKXJ8qLNuRCDDt0J8BAwTYfyQ-UQ2E5VnhAOvf4r9ZzbwJhbomaF5Qc5qq2gPX8xHAivYbjw/s72-w343-h400-c/FotoJet---2024-05-02T055018.038a.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205213507887679505.post-4468786503875451335</id><published>2024-04-16T09:13:00.006+08:00</published><updated>2024-04-27T10:47:28.480+08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="issues-bleaching"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="news"/><title type='text'>Singapore reefs may be hit soon in Fourth Global mass coral bleaching</title><content type='html'>The world is currently experiencing its fourth global coral bleaching event, the second in the last 10 years, according to press releases by international organisations&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/noaa-confirms-4th-global-coral-bleaching-event&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;NOAA&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://icriforum.org/4gbe/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;ICRI&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;The final determination of a global bleaching event means bleaching has been confirmed within each Ocean basin. &lt;/span&gt;Mass bleaching of coral reefs, since early 2023, has been confirmed in at least 53 countries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3c0Of5S4tsknbkRDAFxklaxj0tjARTVPKlhOKeY0ONoyvthwB-lR254SIE6LQ0hMmluAKgcSMessJzK6-bOtVbop7FNhhzdV6ZVhsy-Yjhrak_fCp9VYqEfKLqBtnPkP1vN6wRCMzeeLFRzYxsVyVJZ5Og3dCKUuz8fAZeA-CL6FU5JnbebpoqJfPXnI/s870/Screenshot%202024-04-16%20083950.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;309&quot; data-original-width=&quot;870&quot; height=&quot;143&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3c0Of5S4tsknbkRDAFxklaxj0tjARTVPKlhOKeY0ONoyvthwB-lR254SIE6LQ0hMmluAKgcSMessJzK6-bOtVbop7FNhhzdV6ZVhsy-Yjhrak_fCp9VYqEfKLqBtnPkP1vN6wRCMzeeLFRzYxsVyVJZ5Og3dCKUuz8fAZeA-CL6FU5JnbebpoqJfPXnI/w400-h143/Screenshot%202024-04-16%20083950.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;From the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/noaa-confirms-4th-global-coral-bleaching-event&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;NOAA press release&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;For Singapore, as of April, we are in Coral Bleaching Watch (yellow). In 9-12 weeks, we are expected to be at Coral Bleaching Alert Level 1 to 2 (red to dark red). From the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/product/vs/gauges/singapore.php&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;NOAA predictions for the Singapore Strait&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5mRkSc1uI8ZO__201-XdFOVho3sXO6JG20UtJg3K4eW1YfWcz4ut5e3_B611vtLiUstyhQCSoNv3NF30tOeMjDe4Z5miduDpKu5UnMZ1Id210Kl9lHVip5qGOL44lWIDUWFuKr0yC77_sZieO5r1rZS7TwShuJYJ3lwXpyMW7pIKiccG1-UpRTJGwxeM/s575/Screenshot%202024-04-14%20084144.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;536&quot; data-original-width=&quot;575&quot; height=&quot;298&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5mRkSc1uI8ZO__201-XdFOVho3sXO6JG20UtJg3K4eW1YfWcz4ut5e3_B611vtLiUstyhQCSoNv3NF30tOeMjDe4Z5miduDpKu5UnMZ1Id210Kl9lHVip5qGOL44lWIDUWFuKr0yC77_sZieO5r1rZS7TwShuJYJ3lwXpyMW7pIKiccG1-UpRTJGwxeM/s320/Screenshot%202024-04-14%20084144.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So what is coral bleaching? Why should I care? What can one person do to make a difference?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Share your sightings of mass coral bleaching. Volunteers will start consolidating community sightings in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1u5ynaEURkGZ2AZdoaDw-PrCKJaCVDQg&amp;amp;ll=1.1822025900378106%2C103.74117167675782&amp;amp;z=13&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;this map&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;of mass coral bleaching in Singapore 2024. Scientists will be analysing the data shared. Share your intertidal and subtidal bleaching sightings on the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/Bleach-Watch-Singapore-121734474530412/&quot;&gt;Bleach Watch Singapore facebook group&lt;/a&gt;. This is similar to the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bleachwatchsingapore.blogspot.com/2020/06/mass-coral-bleaching-2020-in-singapore.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;volunteer effort in 2020&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe height=&quot;280&quot; src=&quot;https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1u5ynaEURkGZ2AZdoaDw-PrCKJaCVDQg&amp;amp;ehbc=2E312F&quot; width=&quot;400&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;What is a coral anyway?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2. Animal, vegetable or mineral? A coral is all of the above! See <a href="https://flic.kr/p/Lbqq9G">this video</a> for more.<br />
3. <div style="text-align: center;">
4. <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/28997626680/" title="What is a coral? And what is coral bleaching?"><img alt="What is a coral? And what is coral bleaching?" height="300" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8177/28997626680_a72e778b04.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></div>
5. Corals have a special relationship with a tiny ‘plant’ -- symbiotic algae called zooxanthellae (let’s call them ‘zooks’!). This relationship makes coral reefs the rainforest of the sea.<br />
6. <br />
7. With ‘zooks’, corals can make food from sunlight (this is why most corals do best in clear water and murky water hurts them). With ‘zooks’, corals can make hard skeletons that create habitats for fish and other plants and animals. Singapore’s reefs are home to <a href="http://wildshores.blogspot.sg/search/label/mega-fauna">spectacular marine creatures</a> like wild dolphins and sea turtles!<br />
8. <br />
9. <b>Why do corals bleach?</b><br />
10. <br />
11. It is ‘zooks’ that give the corals their colours. When a coral is stressed, it loses its ‘zooks’ and turns transparent, the white skeleton showing through. Thus the coral colony appears white and ‘bleached’. But the coral is still alive.<br />
12. <br />
13. If the stress ends, the coral can reabsorb ‘zooks’ from the surrounding water, regain its colour and health. However, if the stress continues, a coral without ‘zooks’ may grow weak and succumb to diseases and die.<br />
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15. <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWY2kf_-7U6H_8LHkR32PF2T79z3cCEYr-KwB6EXEByUn3ZnntYj6xedQvVeD_vqDelTDMQiD-xoNiNtrqRfRsERBgRKjAPOFxazYNlBTCJ9uirFnkBB0BQbcmN8-G2_8McV3XPKijsSc/s400/160723smkeo7230331m6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr>
16. <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In this photo, there are coral colonies that are bleaching (white), <br />
17. still healthy and not bleaching (brown), <br />
18. and recently dead (covered with light scummy growth). <br />
19. Pulau Semakau, Jul 2016.</td></tr>
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21. <br />
22. A single coral may bleach if it is stressed, and this is usually of little concern.<br />
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24. But many corals bleaching at the same time -- mass coral bleaching -- is a sign of widespread stress. An increase in sea surface temperatures of 1-2 degrees for a few weeks can trigger mass coral bleaching. Is it any wonder? We feel really sick when we have a fever of 1-2 degrees, even for a few hours!<br />
25. <br />
26. <b>Which marine life are affected by mass coral bleaching?</b><br />
27. <br />
28. In our surveys, we noticed that some species of hard corals were among the first to bleach. Among them (clockwise from left) <a href="http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/pocilloporidae/pocillopora.htm">Cauliflower coral</a>, <a href="http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/mussidae/mussidae.htm">Brain coral</a>, <a href="http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/merulinidae/merulinidae.htm">Merulinid coral</a>, <a href="http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/dendrophylliidae/flowery.htm">Flowery disk coral</a>, <a href="http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/merulinidae/caulastraea.htm">Trumpet coral</a>, <a href="http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/merulinidae/pectinia.htm">Carnation coral</a>, <a href="http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/merulinidae/merulinidae.htm">Merulinid coral</a>, <a href="http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/fungiidae/fungiidae.htm">Mushroom corals</a>. Other species of hard corals bleached later or even hung on without bleaching. Many tiny animals live in and under corals. They too are hurt when corals become sick.<br />
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30. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOvIScRBpxuaszwQ3TYbLvI6jsPvYMENhesD67r2QBHkldHMYUx5xD-n_Va_S2dW41UmuN3owZ-cvkfIkuz130abldB2ebQcwrcWbgJ_k9OIqdStWaqMLT5InUaqhQER4NRoCwrHa78lo/s1600/combicorals.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOvIScRBpxuaszwQ3TYbLvI6jsPvYMENhesD67r2QBHkldHMYUx5xD-n_Va_S2dW41UmuN3owZ-cvkfIkuz130abldB2ebQcwrcWbgJ_k9OIqdStWaqMLT5InUaqhQER4NRoCwrHa78lo/s400/combicorals.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
31. <a href="http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralsoft/alcyoniidae.htm">Leathery soft corals</a> and <a href="http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralsoft/nepasparagus.htm">Flowery soft corals</a> were also among the first to bleach.<br />
32. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
33. <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/27619551294/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Mass coral bleaching at Kusu Island, 7 Jul 2016"><img alt="Mass coral bleaching at Kusu Island, 7 Jul 2016" height="224" src="https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8851/27619551294_4300b7f2af.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
34. <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Large leathery soft coral bleaching <br />
35. opposite the Central Business District on Kusu Island, Jul 2016</td></tr>
36. </tbody></table>
37. Other animals with ‘zooks’, like <a href="http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/actiniaria.htm">sea anemones</a>, may also bleach. Many of our large sea anemones are homes to <a href="http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/vertebrates/fish/pomacentridae/amphiprion.htm">anemonefish</a> (of ‘Nemo’ fame). These anemonefishes can’t survive for long without their anemone home. If the anemone dies, so do the fishes.<br />
38. <div style="text-align: center;">
39. <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/27242209024/" title="False clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) in bleaching Giant carpet anemone (Stichodactyla gigantea)"><img alt="False clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) in bleaching Giant carpet anemone (Stichodactyla gigantea)" height="224" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7408/27242209024_04ea633b65.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></div>
40. <a href="http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/bivalvia/tridacnidae/squamosa.htm">Giant clams</a> also have ‘zooks’. Fortunately, the clams we encountered during our surveys were not bleaching. Their fleshy bodies were still colourful with ‘zooks’. Like this beautiful one at Terumbu Pempang Laut, Aug 2016. Dr Neo Mei Lin our giant clam expert shares more about bleaching impacts the giant clams in <a href="https://meilin5giantclam.wordpress.com/2016/08/29/ghostly-clams/">her blog post</a>.<br />
41. <div style="text-align: center;">
42. <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHxnYImQGUSiRQuaJmkAcZxvC7fPE8AF4CgICl5kNl5IDCfip1K6l53mUkAX9mvaSnhEVcAJAL0SDfy3mMC5U8W6u9klXZ9-_awommM7q3gBZur1O19GxOp6Nj5n3Jc9ujxq1l4Xf72wM/s400/160806tplo8060014m6.jpg" /></div>
43. <b><br />
44. What causes mass coral bleaching? What is the role of climate change?</b><br />
45. <br />
46. Devastating world wide mass coral bleaching was last <a href="http://wildsingaporenews.blogspot.sg/2015/10/worlds-oceans-facing-biggest-coral-die.html">declared in October 2015</a>, eight months before it first happened in Singapore, by the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The third global mass coral bleaching event in recorded history, scientists warned it could result in the biggest global coral die-off. The only two previous such global events were in 1998 and 2010, when every major ocean basin experienced bleaching. Singapore’s reefs also suffered mass coral bleaching then.<br />
47. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
48. <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaCGeK-Ami-FgRzv9Q-mGDlA7BqEZQyTMgzipyj0ekrs6I4-5CMngXUg3f62gR4EHP2Yddzi6OI4mPdUfvI9be3_swxS4iUq2OXh5pdBQB8uFBHZxVs_6pHri_WV6kShGUHVi1KYZsdcQ/s1600/v3_ss_outlook_cfs_rank12_20160529_for_20160612to20160925_coraltriangle.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaCGeK-Ami-FgRzv9Q-mGDlA7BqEZQyTMgzipyj0ekrs6I4-5CMngXUg3f62gR4EHP2Yddzi6OI4mPdUfvI9be3_swxS4iUq2OXh5pdBQB8uFBHZxVs_6pHri_WV6kShGUHVi1KYZsdcQ/s400/v3_ss_outlook_cfs_rank12_20160529_for_20160612to20160925_coraltriangle.gif" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
49. <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bleaching outlook <a href="http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/bleachingoutlook_cfs/archive_webpage/outlook_cfs_post20160531_coraltriangle.php">by NOAA in May</a> for Jun-Sep 2016</td></tr>
50. </tbody></table>
51. <a href="http://wildsingaporenews.blogspot.sg/2015/10/worlds-oceans-facing-biggest-coral-die.html">According to scientists</a>, the 2016 bleaching event is not just the extremely high sea temperatures, but how long the high temperatures lasted. Climate change has driven a massive underwater heatwave that developed in 2014 and had affected 38% of the world’s reefs by the end of 2015. This was made worse by a very strong El Niño which has resulted in global temperatures that shattered past records.<br />
52. <br />
53. As bleaching events occur more frequently and closer together, corals have no time to recover. Some scientists believe that continued global temperature rise would lead a point when every year is a bleaching year by around 2030. This may lead to complete global loss of coral reefs by the middle of this century, <br />
54. <br />
55. Other factors driven by climate change, such as ocean acidification, are also stressing corals to the point that scientists say, decades from now, reef communities will look and function much differently than they do today.<br />
56. <b><br />
57. What’s good about mass coral bleaching?</b><br />
58. <br />
59. Our corals are really obvious when they bleach white! It is only at this time that we can appreciate just how many corals we have on our shores. Also, this is when we often notice the corals growing in unlikely places such as the seawalls at ferry terminals.<br />
60. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
61. <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ9zzgQePFIVjCAjqLyXN-hB2tx5bS7aqZppPP7840TVudlF-F4dWBwM693YaowWVtIpx75xoSBZs099WxJI4cnvSOsugbpXw70rMalJ9OYiblnkYtGO9Abxu7SvCcLp_YtEMb9Q467tY/s400/160709tsmko7090210m6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr>
62. <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From Terumbu Semakau, we could see corals bleaching <br />
63. across the narrow channel, on Pulau Semakau, Jul 2016</td></tr>
64. </tbody></table>
65. <br />
66. Mass coral bleaching is also a wake up call. To remind us that as the climate changes, the things we take for granted may change too. That we are a part of the problem, and thus, we can be a part of the solution.<br />
67. <br />
68. <b>What’s bad about mass coral bleaching?</b><br />
69. <br />
70. Healthy reefs (together with other marine ecosystems like seagrasses and mangroves) maintain good water quality. As ecosystems falter and water quality deteriorates, we face risks such as Harmful Algal Blooms which can devastate aquaculture, kill marine life and harm or even kill humans. How much reefs do we need to lose before we get to such a dire state? I prefer not to find out.<br />
71. <br />
72. An 'ecosystem' is a system of interactions among living organisms, and with non-living things such as sunlight, air, water, soil minerals. The living and non-living parts of this 'system' are connected through cycles of nutrients and energy flows (beginning from sunlight), as well as other kinds of relationships. An ecosystem is a system. Much like a car is a system. How many things can we damage or remove from a car before it stops working? Sometimes, losing one small thing (e.g., spark plug) can cause the car to break down.<br />
73. <br />
74. This is why massive damage to an ecosystem such as mass coral bleaching is of great concern.<br />
75. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
76. <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZszb5sfngmsBHxC3wPBC6T1upRkJKDUpJ0I0i6IhBG-7akrh1gQeK64UJ8pF0Xd_WvszrdJ3necvlLqX-UnQd7lW97Yc55tBTqQS0Bf6BlQrXtRPLHqmA8ukJeWW7zbkM_bZfivGrMM4/s400/160623bsiso6230329m6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr>
77. <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mass coral bleaching on Big Sisters’ Island: <br />
78. on the horizon, Small Sisters’ Island and <br />
79. the skyline of the Central Business District, Jun 2016</td></tr>
80. </tbody></table>
81. <br />
82. Reefs provide shelter and food for important fisheries. No reefs, no fish. While Singapore may not rely on our reefs for fishes, fisheries are vital to other countries in our part of the world. Recently, there has been <a href="http://wildsingaporenews.blogspot.com/2016/08/one-of-worlds-biggest-fisheries-is-on.html">conflict in our neighbourhood over fisheries</a> and ocean resource rights. As reefs die, contract and change, such issues can only worsen.<br />
83. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
84. <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz-oDT8Dfioihqk684HwG3nJ0ekoK8bNjjqeQT-FSy5hCMrd51qWKrMgm7dRFLDp1cl_Xt4gvPL2ND3gm4YYSJ-sJ1KpguMWZ_4uOHaPW8BDEO88YvnGgsEDKlfx27KOPtGn7j4Ut7a-Y/s1600/south+china+sea.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz-oDT8Dfioihqk684HwG3nJ0ekoK8bNjjqeQT-FSy5hCMrd51qWKrMgm7dRFLDp1cl_Xt4gvPL2ND3gm4YYSJ-sJ1KpguMWZ_4uOHaPW8BDEO88YvnGgsEDKlfx27KOPtGn7j4Ut7a-Y/s400/south+china+sea.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
85. <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From "One of the World's Biggest Fisheries Is on the Verge of Collapse"<br />
86. <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/08/wildlife-south-china-sea-overfishing-threatens-collapse/">National Geographic News</a> 29 Aug 16.</td></tr>
87. </tbody></table>
88. <br />
89. <b>What can we do about mass coral bleaching?</b><br />
90. <br />
91. Once corals bleach, there is nothing much that humans can do to help them. However, we can do our part to minimise other stresses on reefs so corals are in better health to cope with bleaching and recover quickly.<br />
92. <br />
93. The continued presence of reefs in Singapore, even close to highly industrialised areas such as petrochemical plants, shows that agencies and corporations have done some things right. Our water quality remains good enough, and trash levels in the south are not as bad as in the north.<br />
94. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
95. <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-a2hF_RK256Fs0fHqIQmHmjQRqlAMhLSob5bNYRI9KZBiGpgCC6Z2LjQDBGMPJVl06P77FsORe6sCAFNxJwlbmAZl1-ib9m45CqA6QobeWYUN9hmzUIdM6NfmTGvdzRRAX5dlfhGgdII/s400/160723smkeo7230425m6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr>
96. <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rich reef on natural Pulau Semakau next to the landfill<br />
97. and opposite petrochemical plants on Pulau Bukom, Jul 2016</td></tr>
98. </tbody></table>
99. <br />
100. <b>Reduce other stresses on reefs</b><br />
101. <br />
102. But long before they bleach enmass, our reefs face many other pressures. These include unmanaged and relentless netting and trapping of fish and marine life.<br />
103. <div style="text-align: center;">
104. <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/28714395402/in/album-72157622486506436/" title="Multiple long fish nets laid at Pulau Semakau"><img alt="Multiple long fish nets laid at Pulau Semakau" height="224" src="https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8676/28714395402_2be8d3f989.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></div>
105. Uncoordinated coastal works which may contribute to murky waters that hurt ‘zooks’ and their coral hosts<br />
106. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
107. <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/5972220804/in/photolist-a6Kcbd-9H1wc8-9H1wbe-9H4pVW-9H4pUN-9qWBwF-9qZAPL-9qWByP-9qZAN7-9qZALd-9qZAJb-9qWBtt-9qWBuB-9qZAD3-9qWBrn-9qZAFq-9qWBoK-8BcvER-8BfCch-8BfCju-8y94yi-881H9P-884Uoy-81Bb1J-81y1Lt-7Row1f-7RovYC-7CRPtJ-7wcYt8-7oqydP-7oqygv-7nhNnW-7nhNsj-7nhNuw-7ndTRV-7ndUgr-7ndTP8-7nhN7N-7ndTJp-7ndUdR-7nhNkL-7nhNq9-7ndTUT-7ndTXD-7ndUbi-7gqiLG-6M2p2M-7cKoq6-5DpujP-5Dpuhx" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Dredging near Cyrene Reef"><img alt="Dredging near Cyrene Reef" height="294" src="https://c5.staticflickr.com/7/6023/5972220804_be16ea610e.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
108. <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dredging right next to Cyrene Reef, Jul 2011</td></tr>
109. </tbody></table>
110. Vessels that run aground on reefs can cause massive damage to reefs. These are some of areas that probably would benefit from better coordination and information sharing among agencies.<br />
111. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
112. <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIuP3avmwfZeFuELYKrTO41yN4prH-yZ_hhP1ykz-5ldH4oMCebfP47drLXoARsrCkczIZqXr1BV_ZMlu6OF0WSjAxdBA9hnP_z3qioJPH52OCzM2Q8dtaHiQy9_JiNAVIayJl0E0s9T0/s400/chayhoon1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr>
113. <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This large dive boat ran aground on <a href="http://wildshores.blogspot.sg/2014/11/dive-boat-squashes-reefs-off-pulau-hantu.html">Terumbu Hantu, Nov 2014</a>.</td></tr>
114. </tbody></table>
115. <br />
116. <b>Work together!</b><br />
117. <br />
118. There is a growing community of ordinary people who care about our reefs and marine heritage. Divers, intertidal explorers, fishing enthusiasts, boaters, kayakers and others who simply love the water and our wildlife. Working together, agencies and communities can do great things for our beloved reefs.<br /><br />More in the <a href="https://singaporeblueplan2018.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Singapore Blue Plan</a>.<br />
119. <br />
120. <b>Do science!</b><br />
121. <br />
122. Mass coral bleaching is also an unintended experiment, and scientists and agencies are now probably gathering great data. To find out whether and where corals are spared from mass coral bleaching or have recovered more quickly, and learn why this is so. This will help us learn which sites in Singapore are the best for marine life, and the factors that create such conditions. Together with baseline data collected before mass coral bleaching, this can help us better protect Singapore’s marine heritage through conservation and restoration.<br />
123. <br />
124. By developing expertise on coral bleaching and other coral health issues, Singapore’s reefs and the people who care for them can also contribute to regional reef conservation and restoration. We are after all, located near the Coral Triangle, the planet’s richest concentration of reefs!<br />
125. <br />
126. <b>You CAN make a difference for Singapore’s reefs: Connect, respect and protect</b><br />
127. <b> <br />
128. </b><br />
129. <a href="https://celebratingsingaporeshores.blogspot.com/p/regular.html">Connect</a> by visiting Singapore reefs and shores! From mainland reefs at East Coast Park to natural shores at Sentosa, and more adventurous shores on our Southern Islands. You can visit them at low tide, no need to swim, no need to dive. There are many <a href="https://celebratingsingaporeshores.blogspot.com/p/regular.html">guided walks to join</a>, and <a href="http://www.wildsingapore.com/places/shoretips.htm">more tips on visiting our shores</a>. You can dive Singapore reefs too.<br />
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131. <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjySzSZe2yfmIj8ss6x37sJY2EEBXjHzgQ9Lr7N3k0D_7_m2Pmyi6kogpiR1Pc3kGE62T_RuRhKJKWynqUkwT1cAqK8_XaXmx1-GlRbPP6zjRx06Qbx1vzrGqvb9WkKbsu2neXSI3P7S6NQ/s400/140814bsiss00089m6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr>
132. <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Visitors join intertidal walks conducted by volunteers and NParks <br />
133. at the <a href="http://sistersislandmarinepark.blogspot.sg/">Sisters’ Islands Marine Park</a>, Singapore’s first marine park.</td></tr>
134. </tbody></table><br />
135. <b><a href="https://celebratingsingaporeshores.blogspot.com/p/respect-singapore-shores-by-learning.html">Respect</a></b> our shores by learning more and sharing what you have seen and done on your social media channels. Speak up for our shores. Let me know if you have seen any mass coral bleaching, mass fish deaths or any other threats to our shores. Every shared sighting makes a difference!<br />
136. <br />
137. <a href="https://celebratingsingaporeshores.blogspot.com/p/volunteer-for-our-shores.html"><b>Protect</b></a> our shores by volunteering. From cleaning up the shores, to guiding at walks or dives, helping out with marine surveys, everyone’s time, talent and passion is welcomed.<br />
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139. <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/torvaanser/28354455844/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="IMG_0270-60"><img alt="IMG_0270-60" height="300" src="https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8586/28354455844_0ab153d1da.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
140. <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Divers helping to monitor bleaching corals in Singapore.<br />
141. Photo by Debby Ng/Hantu Bloggers</td></tr>
142. </tbody></table>
143. Climate change and global warming contributes to the  extreme weather that causes mass coral bleaching. You can be a part of the solution. Learn more about climate change. Find out how you can make lifestyle choices to minimise your carbon footprint.<br />
144. <br />
145. Singapore has awesome marine life, and even more amazing people who care about them. Come celebrate and conserve our shores together with us!<br />
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147. More on &lt;a href=&quot;https://celebratingsingaporeshores.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Celebrating Singapore Shores&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1205213507887679505/posts/default/4468786503875451335'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1205213507887679505/posts/default/4468786503875451335'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildshores.blogspot.com/2024/04/fourth-global-mass-coral-bleaching.html' title='Singapore reefs may be hit soon in Fourth Global mass coral bleaching'/><author><name>Ria Tan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09770926654830427210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiiWjmxuACQhACMytytupw7dSG5Xq7Okf_KmetgEL6FricUkyjLENRiH4QDyt1ADv87695XJopE4QpyEeK-mZ-Lcbr8P0gNjkLTO08O4fw8qa8bPUyo3wtZqtvM2tJQ/s117/wildsing.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3c0Of5S4tsknbkRDAFxklaxj0tjARTVPKlhOKeY0ONoyvthwB-lR254SIE6LQ0hMmluAKgcSMessJzK6-bOtVbop7FNhhzdV6ZVhsy-Yjhrak_fCp9VYqEfKLqBtnPkP1vN6wRCMzeeLFRzYxsVyVJZ5Og3dCKUuz8fAZeA-CL6FU5JnbebpoqJfPXnI/s72-w400-h143-c/Screenshot%202024-04-16%20083950.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205213507887679505.post-6654281670870906852</id><published>2024-04-12T16:55:00.011+08:00</published><updated>2024-04-19T08:12:08.713+08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="field-trips"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="issues-reclamation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="terumbu-bemban"/><title type='text'>Will Terumbu Bemban be affected by Pulau Sudong reclamation?</title><content type='html'>A small team survey one of our favourite sites, this submerged reef flat that is the closest to the Live Firing Area. It is likely to be affected by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2024/01/reclamation-at-pulau-sudong.html&quot;&gt;reclamation at Pulau Sudong&lt;/a&gt; scheduled for end of this year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53648774539/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living shores of Terumbu Bemban, Apr 2024&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living shores of Terumbu Bemban, Apr 2024&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53648774539_e06d28dd40_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;We had to wait a while for the sun to rise and the tide to fall before checking out the western shore facing Pulau Sudong. We find a Giant clam, and check out the corals and seagrasses growing well here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Kelvin spotted a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/bivalvia/tridacnidae/squamosa.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Fluted giant clam&lt;/a&gt;! As well as interesting hard corals such as mushroom corals. And colourful interesting reef life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2x_GygnGERveREvdsLDhP_iGnFH_MSolPZ1dGW9OMdb5vl3KF0_sP106d04tnFUoM3coNkHQKDSi2YVLH7oyR03ScpgFj3iFB1eUDti77T1RxwqmxxugUiLKSYPFwjfJAWFwBuge_c21Mzl36-tvJImruf5H1r5M9UiRvzvYlFG69CpMIOhMx3DwxIR4/s400/FotoJet---2024-04-12T162815.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2x_GygnGERveREvdsLDhP_iGnFH_MSolPZ1dGW9OMdb5vl3KF0_sP106d04tnFUoM3coNkHQKDSi2YVLH7oyR03ScpgFj3iFB1eUDti77T1RxwqmxxugUiLKSYPFwjfJAWFwBuge_c21Mzl36-tvJImruf5H1r5M9UiRvzvYlFG69CpMIOhMx3DwxIR4/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-04-12T162815.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The reef flat is dotted with medium to large boulder shaped corals and small colonies of interesting&amp;nbsp;corals such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/acroporidae/acropora.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Acropora corals&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/agariciidae/pavona.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Lettuce corals&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/mussidae/mussidae.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Brain corals&lt;/a&gt;. There were also many common corals like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/poritidae/gonbig.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Anemone coral&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/pocilloporidae/pocillopora.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cauliflower corals&lt;/a&gt;. Similar to our last survey in &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2023/08/terumbu-bemban-hanging-on.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Aug 2023&lt;/a&gt;, I saw a few small clusters of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/acroporidae/monbranch.htm&quot;&gt;Branching montipora corals&lt;/a&gt;. These corals sometimes form large &#39;fields&#39; on other submerged reefs. A few colonies had pale edges or were pink (a sign of stress), but most were nice and brown and I didn&#39;t see any mass coral bleaching.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IbprVV3mdtXQTLJrcTil3ME5BCgXPNL9hQDlk8bTA4kmRTNTF52lSgp1eGmEnzahoUnPk5yjvWtoQ8LuR8-1kV1IUd5tmX58xOyxEISJNONbS32D7UgBz227etNKZmAk6g39NPNfD4m6VHrLTiqaeW13HQnrEV-_4jQRSWFggOxea0VO_0Z47gtI1NQ/s400/FotoJet---2024-04-12T161700.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IbprVV3mdtXQTLJrcTil3ME5BCgXPNL9hQDlk8bTA4kmRTNTF52lSgp1eGmEnzahoUnPk5yjvWtoQ8LuR8-1kV1IUd5tmX58xOyxEISJNONbS32D7UgBz227etNKZmAk6g39NPNfD4m6VHrLTiqaeW13HQnrEV-_4jQRSWFggOxea0VO_0Z47gtI1NQ/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-04-12T161700.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I also saw many small to medium sized colonies of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralsoft/alcyoniidae.htm&quot;&gt;leathery soft corals&lt;/a&gt; of various kinds. And some &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralsoft/nepasparagus.htm&quot;&gt;Asparagus flowery soft coral&lt;/a&gt;. Those I saw seemed alright. Because we were focusing on the western shore, we couldn&#39;t survey our favourite middle reefy edge before the tide came in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil_G6fZEe_RrxMmszceGg1bHGLvmxXP7k5uyXvM6Z2hj2YgmExyKBWVzoUjdSt927cWkEe4Dzuy8BeC41w6n4sGFEwGTaOu7hA65CiY0PjUY20MOGZxAyZcLrkdb348EUNdTnKe4w2SuHcQRAF93TAjfWwOsMYrTk8R0kqu7p57B55TuWWvZJYk_NSJ2w/s400/FotoJet---2024-04-12T162058.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil_G6fZEe_RrxMmszceGg1bHGLvmxXP7k5uyXvM6Z2hj2YgmExyKBWVzoUjdSt927cWkEe4Dzuy8BeC41w6n4sGFEwGTaOu7hA65CiY0PjUY20MOGZxAyZcLrkdb348EUNdTnKe4w2SuHcQRAF93TAjfWwOsMYrTk8R0kqu7p57B55TuWWvZJYk_NSJ2w/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-04-12T162058.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Today, the seagrass situation seems more similar to our&amp;nbsp;survey in &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/04/two-clam-day-at-terumbu-bemban.html&quot;&gt;Apr 2022&lt;/a&gt;, a slight improvement to our survey in &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2023/08/terumbu-bemban-hanging-on.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Aug 2023&lt;/a&gt;. There were sprinkles&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/ovalis.htm&quot;&gt;Spoon seagrasses&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;along the length of the shore facing Pulau Sudong, at the mid-water mark just after the coral rubble area. I saw many clumps of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/enhalus.htm&quot;&gt;Tape seagrass&lt;/a&gt; with longish leaves (about 20-30cm), many curling.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tXzUP_yJaQFiSYRQA11DRPFeaL53uzuRwO-8In0ijOLoS2SZK-WxSY1RLUyAb_VjqkJQuvSkk4DZrOCYR0F4uMYr6X0eKwisdw5vBvky62WCpBLFE3s35rqYQFFgaOm52M46KHR-cldqIlPUlQZ9IbhcWQyANpAO4uwyJ3ZwATKWml6vqdbDHzuY30s/s400/FotoJet---2024-04-12T155234.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;363&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;363&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tXzUP_yJaQFiSYRQA11DRPFeaL53uzuRwO-8In0ijOLoS2SZK-WxSY1RLUyAb_VjqkJQuvSkk4DZrOCYR0F4uMYr6X0eKwisdw5vBvky62WCpBLFE3s35rqYQFFgaOm52M46KHR-cldqIlPUlQZ9IbhcWQyANpAO4uwyJ3ZwATKWml6vqdbDHzuY30s/w400-h363/FotoJet---2024-04-12T155234.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Here&#39;s a video of some of the corals, seagrasses and marine life I saw.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53648621063/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living shores of Terumbu Bemban, Apr 2024&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living shores of Terumbu Bemban, Apr 2024&quot; height=&quot;225&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/53648621063_68612da3fb_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Future of Terumbu Bemban&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The shores closest to the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2024/01/reclamation-at-pulau-sudong.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;planned 31ha reclamation at Eastern tip of Pulau Sudong&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;are Terumbu Bemban and Beting Bemban Besar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7v5dy9oKDXIuXnHnpBQHalNTk1nEMYbQqpeQwu-q9BJxY1_D1sjkD4g3PIiWZDkiLoR34W6gjiAQm3EJp1zkgP2AQMApNSEcYnIGtmPf8Mo_QPjsNz0W8Aexj843-wBXj0YvazQLhyphenhyphenH-u6HOszM7v4pJXZXIfuwRkRk7pC1hmMrf98SRX1nwcrSe7aSY/s1055/sudong%20reclamation.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7v5dy9oKDXIuXnHnpBQHalNTk1nEMYbQqpeQwu-q9BJxY1_D1sjkD4g3PIiWZDkiLoR34W6gjiAQm3EJp1zkgP2AQMApNSEcYnIGtmPf8Mo_QPjsNz0W8Aexj843-wBXj0YvazQLhyphenhyphenH-u6HOszM7v4pJXZXIfuwRkRk7pC1hmMrf98SRX1nwcrSe7aSY/w400-h230/sudong%20reclamation.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Large areas nearby are also slated for massive reclamation outlined recently in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/06/space-for-our-dreams-lots-of-land.html&quot;&gt;Long-Term Plan Review&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNT2n6u3lSo7KWKLcrZfFg9R0RUmqbiDXIfcHXGQyi6aIxU0SDkawRf5OO0DTTnucXMXVYShej46gZlmWkXsbTuElHBSvQmK-a9aDMCHqkgxdmDKXdO6TOK41c-Wyuhy9Y6kGG_0lmaL_OSFoxiJ6B0L9lWlM6spiTLr9gmJPueguJzVDrK4BHcjz/s530/southern-reclamation-low-res.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNT2n6u3lSo7KWKLcrZfFg9R0RUmqbiDXIfcHXGQyi6aIxU0SDkawRf5OO0DTTnucXMXVYShej46gZlmWkXsbTuElHBSvQmK-a9aDMCHqkgxdmDKXdO6TOK41c-Wyuhy9Y6kGG_0lmaL_OSFoxiJ6B0L9lWlM6spiTLr9gmJPueguJzVDrK4BHcjz/w400-h355/southern-reclamation-low-res.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Singapore Blue Plan 2018&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pulau Semakau and nearby islands and submerged reefs have been recommended by the Singapore Blue Plan 2018 for Immediate Conservation Priority. The Blue Plan recommends the intertidal and subtidal marine areas of Pulau Semakau and adjacent Pulau Hantu, and Pulau Jong to be designated Marine Reserve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53647553467/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living shores of Terumbu Bemban, Apr 2024&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living shores of Terumbu Bemban, Apr 2024&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53647553467_87714dcc85_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The Blue Plan highlights that Pulau Semakau and its associated patch reefs comprise many ecosystems: coral reefs, mangrove areas, intertidal sandflats, seagrass meadows, and coral reefs. The subtidal area of Pulau Jong is larger than the terrestrial area. Pulau Hantu is a popular dive site has seen increasing interest in the past decade due to biodiversity awareness. If protection is accorded to these three islands, zonation plans for use can be implemented to manage tourism and human impacts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DOWNLOAD the Plan, SUPPORT the Plan! 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This submerged reef lies right next to Singapore&#39;s only landfill and near the petrochemical plants on Pulau Bukom, and less than an hour away from the Central Business District.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53646473138/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living shores of Terumbu Semakau, Apr 2024&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living shores of Terumbu Semakau, Apr 2024&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53646473138_273edff791_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Despite the drizzle and short working window in the dark, we find happy corals and many Magnificent anemones. The seagrass situation seems unchanged and we continue to hope for the best.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The most eye-poking animals on the shore remain the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/magnifica.htm&quot;&gt;Magnificent anemones&lt;/a&gt;. These anemones form clumps of many individuals, apparently through division. So those with similar body colours are probably closely related. As usual, there were bright red, bright purple and white body colours. I also saw many &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/gigantea.htm&quot;&gt;Giant carpet anemones&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- most were okay, one was rather pale. Kelvin spotted a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/cryptodendrum.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Pizza anemone&lt;/a&gt;! I couldn&#39;t find the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/mertensii.htm&quot;&gt;Merten&#39;s carpet anemone&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;though.&amp;nbsp;I was delighted to see many scattered colonies of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralsoft/xenia.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Xenia soft corals&lt;/a&gt; though their polyps didn&#39;t pulse much (maybe too much rain), also a colony of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/others/corallimorphs/ridged.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Ridged corallimorphs&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvM5W7oyOrEzOLAhTdhNvFJJhKKBJlxOaHA-xyOFKlbyiJJeWtNsXxV7m4PsuODdSTkQhNJtjBK__uhABQVHmlvZta9hUWbvxozYaeWbzCydfGIgmpmEd8FaIbIKjtAYRJfqcihoxSrV9E0F4f0WC1g25atI0DgcPqNnpcHIhk3JVfTCjE5yleEZDdtN8/s400/FotoJet---2024-04-11T130951.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvM5W7oyOrEzOLAhTdhNvFJJhKKBJlxOaHA-xyOFKlbyiJJeWtNsXxV7m4PsuODdSTkQhNJtjBK__uhABQVHmlvZta9hUWbvxozYaeWbzCydfGIgmpmEd8FaIbIKjtAYRJfqcihoxSrV9E0F4f0WC1g25atI0DgcPqNnpcHIhk3JVfTCjE5yleEZDdtN8/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-04-11T130951.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;We encountered lots of small Black-tipped reef sharks and Blue-spotted fantail rays in the shallow waters near the reef edge. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/794658653/videos/a.10161068791073654/829155372392015&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Che Cheng got a great video clip&lt;/a&gt; of a shark. Chay Hoon as usual spots interesting slugs and other creatures. Links to albums of photos by the team below.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMut4V8AI7tp-YzvYj9ApO594mm8AFuCL8aJ5an28bf92suJVU3Rfhmw12KENBeKWoaOPYvO4LfQtw1eRQXd08wfMeLF2S69URbAUEw51ij6soO-aAVLLBycKaEUgLDPTFGxtVg_LeLqTdVcYjgmmQ17on4Ef732_D-_Li_ROKzPWG1LEZgXU2Ug2YD0U/s1200/FotoJet%20-%202024-04-11T140918.926.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1200&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMut4V8AI7tp-YzvYj9ApO594mm8AFuCL8aJ5an28bf92suJVU3Rfhmw12KENBeKWoaOPYvO4LfQtw1eRQXd08wfMeLF2S69URbAUEw51ij6soO-aAVLLBycKaEUgLDPTFGxtVg_LeLqTdVcYjgmmQ17on4Ef732_D-_Li_ROKzPWG1LEZgXU2Ug2YD0U/w400-h400/FotoJet%20-%202024-04-11T140918.926.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Montage of photos by&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=ilmare77&amp;amp;set=a.10161503014453713&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Chay Hoon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;My special find for the day was the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/holothuroidea/ocellatus.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Eye-spotted sea cucumber&lt;/a&gt;. The last time I saw one was in 2014 on Pulau Semakau. The animal is listed as &#39;Vulnerable&#39; in the Red List of threatened animals of Singapore. A massive 20cm long heavy animal festooned with &#39;eye&#39; patterns, it has a distinct flat underside tube feet appearing in three rows along the body length.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrqC3MGzQ6abdpHoRzghCTVq2uYvLFgYiM5uJKneWMZln33IzAI79cqpjPDwTAFoMKiOC2uERgOi-dsgk5QeBvlcgGmfJmqVFK5NO0lLtnuGejiNjBLJcPXOSZuxRNLsdzgoPckIdy1XmIHvbGzLG2pd4sBCOAmzYs1CCDroQRI5u-SrDvdP1j4H_W7s/s400/FotoJet---2024-04-11T132335.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrqC3MGzQ6abdpHoRzghCTVq2uYvLFgYiM5uJKneWMZln33IzAI79cqpjPDwTAFoMKiOC2uERgOi-dsgk5QeBvlcgGmfJmqVFK5NO0lLtnuGejiNjBLJcPXOSZuxRNLsdzgoPckIdy1XmIHvbGzLG2pd4sBCOAmzYs1CCDroQRI5u-SrDvdP1j4H_W7s/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-04-11T132335.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;In the dark and the drizzle it was hard to find and photograph the reefy edge facing Pulau Semakau. There are still many large well fomed colonies of hard corals here. Most seemed alright, I didn&#39;t see any outright bleaching, although some were rather pale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUiBi794hGKWukxnN4XbQgYjlG-0jJoHwAhFatkM1m9JXFqdLSsV1zY3Sbt3SoAoyid4k2b_QPx-UTu34ZXvSmwgAXCMWugOfK1Yp2LFZBnhuw2D9mqmW-hmYeaB0bzPXY9DYR_MJ5gZFHZi3evvreUR_2ShWyNlnDLCDN81Sl2IrhiGISwxf7koOf4OU/s400/FotoJet---2024-04-11T134749.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUiBi794hGKWukxnN4XbQgYjlG-0jJoHwAhFatkM1m9JXFqdLSsV1zY3Sbt3SoAoyid4k2b_QPx-UTu34ZXvSmwgAXCMWugOfK1Yp2LFZBnhuw2D9mqmW-hmYeaB0bzPXY9DYR_MJ5gZFHZi3evvreUR_2ShWyNlnDLCDN81Sl2IrhiGISwxf7koOf4OU/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-04-11T134749.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;There were a lot of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralsoft/nepasparagus.htm&quot;&gt;Asparagus flowery soft corals&lt;/a&gt;, and many large&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralsoft/alcyoniidae.htm&quot;&gt;leathery soft corals&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;of various kinds. I didn&#39;t see any that were bleaching. I didn&#39;t really get to check as much as usual. The tide was fast and the drizzle made it hard to look through the water. We will be returning during more suitable conditions in June.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53645382877/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living shores of Terumbu Semakau, Apr 2024&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living shores of Terumbu Semakau, Apr 2024&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53645382877_3c425907d8_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The seagrass situation seems not much worse but not much better. I saw similar situations in &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2023/05/terumbu-semakau-still-spectacular.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;May 2023&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and every annual survey since&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2019/05/terumbu-semakau-still-alive.html&quot;&gt;May 2019&lt;/a&gt;. Although heavily covered with epiphytes, there was good cover of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/ovalis.htm&quot;&gt;Spoon seagrasses&lt;/a&gt; in many of the pools. There were many clumps of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/enhalus.htm&quot;&gt;Tape seagrass&lt;/a&gt; with longish leaf blades especially those growing nearer the reef edge.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEHJ1dbWeCOTci5y9Xtxrs7Vb31wzYPbun216cmM1zE8Iz1lLB-YiUMmatEvdhfrIYNi9IeTDGOitiBa-cHSgtRbPeNRTxnw8E7TdvfqqSudj1icbyRz_yUKPtuGz7SSNX6YAGl95Fq3LxsrkPz4cNLWjjKZ_e05wglnahquW2ERyjQJx8awKMb2BMY6s/s400/FotoJet---2024-04-11T133108.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEHJ1dbWeCOTci5y9Xtxrs7Vb31wzYPbun216cmM1zE8Iz1lLB-YiUMmatEvdhfrIYNi9IeTDGOitiBa-cHSgtRbPeNRTxnw8E7TdvfqqSudj1icbyRz_yUKPtuGz7SSNX6YAGl95Fq3LxsrkPz4cNLWjjKZ_e05wglnahquW2ERyjQJx8awKMb2BMY6s/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-04-11T133108.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;But the pools in the middle of the shore remain mostly bare sand. I didn&#39;t really get to survey much for seagrasses as we had to leave soon after sunrise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53646588614/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Seagrasses at Terumbu Semakau, Apr 2024&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Seagrasses at Terumbu Semakau, Apr 2024&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53646588614_9b7c38a3af_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;There used to be lush seagrass meadows on Terumbu Semakau. Here&#39;s what the seagrass meadows looked like when we visited in &lt;a href=&quot;http://wildshores.blogspot.com/2010/06/two-reefs-in-one-trip-submerged-reefs.html&quot;&gt;June 2010&lt;/a&gt;. Let&#39;s hope the seagrasses will return soon!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/5029249475&quot; title=&quot;Living seagrass meadows of Terumbu Semakau&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living seagrass meadows of Terumbu Semakau&quot; height=&quot;295&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/4083/5029249475_a9e07c661a_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;What is the fate of Terumbu Semakau?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Terumbu Semakau lies next to the Semakau Landfill and close to the petrochemical plants on Pulau Bukom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7F8DBs1m8UbcMAtdvlN0RDmjA36KumfeJkdoSLiRB_Z-VNbO70KwJ6a1_HqfuV2UJTOYk38Bex8sBdllrIlJSEXo7n7SYM9sOmkDQmkdRqw36e_Lr07Iclpjo_bny4YZ9XVLQprALReS/s1600/terumbu-semakau.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7F8DBs1m8UbcMAtdvlN0RDmjA36KumfeJkdoSLiRB_Z-VNbO70KwJ6a1_HqfuV2UJTOYk38Bex8sBdllrIlJSEXo7n7SYM9sOmkDQmkdRqw36e_Lr07Iclpjo_bny4YZ9XVLQprALReS/s400/terumbu-semakau.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Terumbu Semakau and Pulau Jong will be impacted by the &quot;Possible Future Reclamation&quot; as outlined in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/06/space-for-our-dreams-lots-of-land.html&quot;&gt;Long-Term Plan Review&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFL2YQl1_FUNfpQJ3saCf5waYomBK10BQRD9tErFMN5b6NuocM3Sjb-zFAWAli4hY4BoYbkuh2cAU3oKTL8TOUA2bN6CPm_bs85v5BIMmuCflBJLWU-bjZ_ItN8sYBqh8TLeLg0M5eTUC9vp--BfAnP2IyJiGf4OpQbrxXTDwb8Qb_PJmC7KNORdDi/s400/terumbu-semakau-low-res.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFL2YQl1_FUNfpQJ3saCf5waYomBK10BQRD9tErFMN5b6NuocM3Sjb-zFAWAli4hY4BoYbkuh2cAU3oKTL8TOUA2bN6CPm_bs85v5BIMmuCflBJLWU-bjZ_ItN8sYBqh8TLeLg0M5eTUC9vp--BfAnP2IyJiGf4OpQbrxXTDwb8Qb_PJmC7KNORdDi/w400-h350/terumbu-semakau-low-res.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Singapore Blue Plan 2018&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pulau Semakau and nearby islands and submerged reefs have been recommended by the Singapore Blue Plan 2018 for Immediate Conservation Priority.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Blue Plan recommends the intertidal and subtidal marine areas of Pulau Semakau and adjacent Pulau Hantu, and Pulau Jong to be designated Marine Reserve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53646599934/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living shores of Terumbu Semakau, Apr 2024&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living shores of Terumbu Semakau, Apr 2024&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53646599934_b9a56f401e_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The Blue Plan highlights that Pulau Semakau and its associated patch reefs comprise many ecosystems: coral reefs, mangrove areas, intertidal sandflats, seagrass meadows, and coral reefs. The subtidal area of Pulau Jong is larger than the terrestrial area. Pulau Hantu is a popular dive site has seen increasing interest in the past decade due to biodiversity awareness. If protection is accorded to these three islands, zonation plans for use can be implemented to manage tourism and human impacts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DOWNLOAD the Plan, SUPPORT the Plan! 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Although Cyrene lies in the middle of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://cyrenereef.blogspot.sg/2010/04/reef-in-industrial-triangle-and-why-we.html&quot;&gt;an industrial triangle&lt;/a&gt;, it still has some of Singapore&#39;s most amazing shores.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53644657685/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living shores of Cyrene, Apr 2024&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living shores of Cyrene, Apr 2024&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53644657685_c51787fb89_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;We saw dugong feeding trails, many large Knobbly sea stars, several Giant clams. The corals seem to be doing well. While the seagrass situation has not recovered, we sense an improvement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Today, we saw 3 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/bivalvia/tridacnidae/squamosa.htm&quot;&gt;Fluted giant clams&lt;/a&gt;. The one near the beacon which we have seen before: a huge one about 40cm nearer Pulau Bukom. I couldn&#39;t find the smaller one about 30cm nearer Pasir Panjang Container Terminal. Kelvin and some of the team saw the large one on the Western end nearer Jurong Island that we have seen before, and the team also saw a slightly smaller one that we have not seen for a while.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCYWsaBO8RXksHSWWz_EjeeTLC86qg2UXLjmuZaJTppE8qwVGh2ds52yn3shwOs24CQGWlasgWTOc7tDi9CXfVH6OgvYJQr9uKW7QxB1h8nCnhQ1HPgVxiqGxSzqfmWTfKH6Laa5_IkWdAVqiv_MRF2tEoxQR15Up6DZ6mNzmBKi5BWpL5UpTLi10X6lw/s1200/FotoJet%20-%202024-04-10T154406.742.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1200&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCYWsaBO8RXksHSWWz_EjeeTLC86qg2UXLjmuZaJTppE8qwVGh2ds52yn3shwOs24CQGWlasgWTOc7tDi9CXfVH6OgvYJQr9uKW7QxB1h8nCnhQ1HPgVxiqGxSzqfmWTfKH6Laa5_IkWdAVqiv_MRF2tEoxQR15Up6DZ6mNzmBKi5BWpL5UpTLi10X6lw/w400-h400/FotoJet%20-%202024-04-10T154406.742.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Today, the team combined saw three clusters of  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/asteroidea/protoreaster.htm&quot;&gt;Knobbly sea stars&lt;/a&gt;. I totally missed the cluster near the beacon, but Kok Sheng saw them there. The rest of the team also saw clusters on the Western end and middle of Cyrene. Jonathan spotted a young &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/asteroidea/pentaceraster.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Pentaceraster sea star&lt;/a&gt; which we have not seen here since 2017. He also saw a young Knobbly sea star - which suggests new populations are starting to settle. I also saw many &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/asteroidea/archaster.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Common sea stars&lt;/a&gt; in mating position - arms interlocking. Hope we have lots of new baby sea stars here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg44nbrw2G3jct9BhbOQ8w_Al4dLm_cbR8SMaC0-b9u1cOdjZyKKKOshLaVggAyrVFz8pAFA7pEK9yGs-DfAk-v5UY95bT7jUfhs0g3cr_JsZNQmTYbgD2DtWC2FVlO8JYxLsGraCr5R_9SFwKPGmE6AvjeixzzgIvEIEC_hRINg6Z12RKuwXo-lHJQZ5I/s400/FotoJet---2024-04-10T144946.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg44nbrw2G3jct9BhbOQ8w_Al4dLm_cbR8SMaC0-b9u1cOdjZyKKKOshLaVggAyrVFz8pAFA7pEK9yGs-DfAk-v5UY95bT7jUfhs0g3cr_JsZNQmTYbgD2DtWC2FVlO8JYxLsGraCr5R_9SFwKPGmE6AvjeixzzgIvEIEC_hRINg6Z12RKuwXo-lHJQZ5I/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-04-10T144946.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The rest of the team saw all the special stuff! It was good to see once again, the humungous&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/slugs/notaspidae/pleurobranchus.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;sidegill slugs&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;that we used to encounter here. They were mating and laying egg ribbons! Everyone saw&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/gastropoda/cassidae/glaucum.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Grey bonnet snails&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and small&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/echinoidea/urchin/sphaeroides.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;White sea urchins&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;Kok Sheng also spotted snails hidden in soft coral. Rachael saw a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/ophiuroidea/violet.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Violet brittlestar&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and Chay Hoon saw&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/echinoidea/sandollar/echinodiscus.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Keyhole sand dollars&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;Fish are more active and less shy during a night visit! Here&#39;s some of the colourful ones that Kok Sheng and Rachael saw.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnZnIFByBOZ4gI_5zv5T2Twg09zUJ6BGdJ8gldYea7cbH6I2KZykVWKtEqct79ng_jifH61sD7AJFFD7hus6ve9JFniWo2FrTFqPuerK7sBJPQ1qd_Er6sdvT41Kw-bfz5sr6JhkkzlyWV4sBlbooqJGIYj8Al-hk5cL4sHm2LjaTMJiyH81GFr9mFnss/s400/FotoJet---2024-04-10T152910.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnZnIFByBOZ4gI_5zv5T2Twg09zUJ6BGdJ8gldYea7cbH6I2KZykVWKtEqct79ng_jifH61sD7AJFFD7hus6ve9JFniWo2FrTFqPuerK7sBJPQ1qd_Er6sdvT41Kw-bfz5sr6JhkkzlyWV4sBlbooqJGIYj8Al-hk5cL4sHm2LjaTMJiyH81GFr9mFnss/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-04-10T152910.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Montage of photos by Kok Sheng and Racheal.&lt;br /&gt;Links to their albums below.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;There&#39;s never been a lot of hard corals on Cyrene since we first started surveying it. Mostly boulder shaped species, some were very large (nearly 1m in diameter). I didn&#39;t see any that were bleaching although a few had small white patches. This is similar to what I saw on our last survey in Apr 2024 and &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/09/four-clam-day-at-cyrene-with-signs-of.html&quot;&gt;Sep 2022&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCKfbnj5L61UoE0IyeDxT9j6cur2hViop_v-8ZqN7m00qh1VPErnZgkpAJ48iIyaRWe_qOI3UYubRFz8eYP_mvW-o56SorZxYTD-Y3ycvQihlfq83uT1eO6ppy_3R4uMoKkiENw0QEH4MxOQpYmug2hCmaWMb9fnndM4_T9k_segKMZdSI2N-WCx8fT8c/s400/FotoJet---2024-04-10T150812.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCKfbnj5L61UoE0IyeDxT9j6cur2hViop_v-8ZqN7m00qh1VPErnZgkpAJ48iIyaRWe_qOI3UYubRFz8eYP_mvW-o56SorZxYTD-Y3ycvQihlfq83uT1eO6ppy_3R4uMoKkiENw0QEH4MxOQpYmug2hCmaWMb9fnndM4_T9k_segKMZdSI2N-WCx8fT8c/s320/FotoJet---2024-04-10T150812.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Near the beacon, I saw many medium-sized to large colonies of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralsoft/alcyoniidae.htm&quot;&gt;leathery soft corals&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;of various kinds. And some large&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralsoft/nephtheidae.htm&quot;&gt;flowery soft corals&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;as well as three large&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/others/gorgonacea/leathery.htm&quot;&gt;Leathery sea fan&lt;/a&gt;. I didn&#39;t see any that were bleaching.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFl6Kmet1sZ3hPDLTR08jMUFhl4396yKNXvMIEza47RXnbxW6QROfuNrfImQWio89neEz9zebgc70lvkIcqKD_660bKLnJR93GJG4RzFP_adpQj1Kh9s5LB4DevozKNWyuRn2cupiJqjjcIPpEZCsJSJjlAPg9DmkiUkZn2sD6ullKpju8BYHlpxXQuAM/s400/FotoJet---2024-04-10T145920.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFl6Kmet1sZ3hPDLTR08jMUFhl4396yKNXvMIEza47RXnbxW6QROfuNrfImQWio89neEz9zebgc70lvkIcqKD_660bKLnJR93GJG4RzFP_adpQj1Kh9s5LB4DevozKNWyuRn2cupiJqjjcIPpEZCsJSJjlAPg9DmkiUkZn2sD6ullKpju8BYHlpxXQuAM/s320/FotoJet---2024-04-10T145920.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The seagrass cover on Cyrene has grown very thin compared to the past. But I still I saw some more obvious furrows that look like they were made by feeding&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/vertebrates/mammals/dugong.htm&quot;&gt;dugong&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;in the seagrasses facing Pasir Panjang Container Terminals. The trails were obvious even at first light! These trails are formed when dugongs chomp up seagrasses including their roots, leaving a shallow meandering furrow of about equal width and depth. I saw similar trails on our last survey here in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2023/04/cyrene-with-giant-clams-giant-stars-and.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Apr 2023&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/09/four-clam-day-at-cyrene-with-signs-of.html&quot;&gt;Sep 2022&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2021/12/cyrene-with-giant-clam-giant-stars-and.html&quot;&gt;Dec 2021&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2021/08/cyrene-in-dark-with-giant-clams-and.html&quot;&gt;Aug 2021&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Mwq422eNymSZnj11TkQrkNb-v-M4R1OvMl7p3Pm3nUogM0w0VERnE1a7IGcwQ6oax_lltTVmg_ZGqIDiWY1LN_3lgv2XDiJeebCVndABT0ygLGcV_-wUHs1zIQ2P84HC85Mxih5-eTi_mTxrHq4QLxLCUNkiEo9CwFMVXUqoEYfhwbgqVCOL8d-5U7o/s400/FotoJet---2024-04-10T141717.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Mwq422eNymSZnj11TkQrkNb-v-M4R1OvMl7p3Pm3nUogM0w0VERnE1a7IGcwQ6oax_lltTVmg_ZGqIDiWY1LN_3lgv2XDiJeebCVndABT0ygLGcV_-wUHs1zIQ2P84HC85Mxih5-eTi_mTxrHq4QLxLCUNkiEo9CwFMVXUqoEYfhwbgqVCOL8d-5U7o/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-04-10T141717.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;There was still good seagrass cover on the Eastern end of Cyrene facing the container terminal. Mostly&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/ovalis.htm&quot;&gt;Spoon seagrass&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and other shorter seagrasses.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/enhalus.htm&quot;&gt;Tape seagrasses&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;were few and far between, with short leaf blades. Some patches were heavily covered in ascidians or mat-like epiphytes. The deep pool in the middle of Cyrene is becoming more shallow. It used to be thick with long Tape seagrass. These disappeared about 10 years ago. Today, there is thin cover of a variety of short seagrasses. But no long Tape seagrasses. This is similar to what I saw on our last survey in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2023/04/cyrene-with-giant-clams-giant-stars-and.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Apr 2023&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/09/four-clam-day-at-cyrene-with-signs-of.html&quot;&gt;Sep 2022&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9XoPItRwuzk1o_15wdyHI4w0s72rm3MVvufmxILstSg7cs0QFzqWCevpZbuK09BjfcwfY_OjjJhUKZBWpr9EpHozqi_Zezc4s_fcVvoMQh94o0m4p1Ivaim9OOy3HFJt3PvQlnWPgkklyoiNmGftLY6cLNqDJeWzycYaRptiK5aM6A_pn0ruA4EwE-e8/s400/FotoJet---2024-04-10T142447.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9XoPItRwuzk1o_15wdyHI4w0s72rm3MVvufmxILstSg7cs0QFzqWCevpZbuK09BjfcwfY_OjjJhUKZBWpr9EpHozqi_Zezc4s_fcVvoMQh94o0m4p1Ivaim9OOy3HFJt3PvQlnWPgkklyoiNmGftLY6cLNqDJeWzycYaRptiK5aM6A_pn0ruA4EwE-e8/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-04-10T142447.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Cyrene (Terumbu Pandan) is a submerged reef that lies in the middle of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://cyrenereef.blogspot.sg/2010/04/reef-in-industrial-triangle-and-why-we.html&quot;&gt;an industrial triangle&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;of Container Terminal and petrochemical plants on Jurong Island and Pulau Bukom, as well as major shipping lanes!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/43302069590/in/album-72157698747301192/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/1901/43302069590_25a31b58a8_w.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Photos by others on the survey&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/lohkoksheng/posts/pfbid0wRjBgDdjmfeTVGFMfhpHuWLYrWWe1YRjmfFHeh66wAyxZS7R6vSer3eUe3XjJPsbl?__cft__[0]=AZXy3UJKxMD2pu3XYkqkViSTNe_36c8TKXL0PdEC_c5-ZbC_ovsOoLdHmdeMGerVSwv-I3Dv249JGbn2585iAj6qxIdibxtQ2AtMjFWVYHJN9A&amp;amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R&quot; 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style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilu2bFAn767P0qhIsAicUzZLq2YEDNARhULkVM8PM06xt0O0VL7kn_ktPpu13cYhmPIJtDAzDDejusiOzwjH72B9ooW2IXdrtlh_d8L80zVlY8jNyAijx7Bx1wKoptj1iQLh5Ex9q3lyx5dHxBOMofGbs4dBObwdae4MwJ6CTyCiqb64dNXNJ29L9kzzE/s488/Screenshot%202024-03-20%20085137.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;488&quot; data-original-width=&quot;369&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilu2bFAn767P0qhIsAicUzZLq2YEDNARhULkVM8PM06xt0O0VL7kn_ktPpu13cYhmPIJtDAzDDejusiOzwjH72B9ooW2IXdrtlh_d8L80zVlY8jNyAijx7Bx1wKoptj1iQLh5Ex9q3lyx5dHxBOMofGbs4dBObwdae4MwJ6CTyCiqb64dNXNJ29L9kzzE/w303-h400/Screenshot%202024-03-20%20085137.jpg&quot; width=&quot;303&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Reclamation is tentatively scheduled to start in the third quarter of 2024 and slated to be completed by 2029. JTC and ICA said they will review feedback received from the public before finalising the report and starting reclamation works.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://form.gov.sg/5ba1ea427dfb98000f46f6bc&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;JTC Feedback form&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ica.gov.sg/feedbackform&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;ICA Feedback form&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;JTC to reclaim 44ha of land to expand Woodlands Checkpoint&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
148. Isabelle Liew <a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/jtc-to-reclaim-44ha-of-land-to-expand-woodlands-checkpoint" target="_blank">Straits Times</a> 17 Mar 2024<br />
149. JTC Corporation and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said about 34ha of land will be reclaimed on the western side of the Causeway linking Malaysia and Singapore, and 10ha on the eastern side.<br /><br />
150. SINGAPORE – About 44ha of land will be reclaimed as part of works to expand the Woodlands Checkpoint – a smaller area than what was initially studied, so as to minimise the impact on the environment.
151. <br /><br />
152. JTC Corporation and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said about 34ha of land will be reclaimed on the western side of the Causeway linking Malaysia and Singapore, and 10ha on the eastern side.
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154. An environmental impact assessment (EIA) conducted by JTC had studied a larger reclamation area – 36.4ha on the western side and 30.2ha on the eastern end.
155. <br /><br />
156. The size of the area has been reduced to 44ha – the size of more than 60 football fields – to minimise the environmental impact of reclamation work, said the agencies in response to queries. This will also maximise the distance between the Mandai Mangrove and Mudflat nature park and reclaimed land on the western side.
157. <br /><br />
158. Reclamation is tentatively scheduled to start in the third quarter of 2024 and slated to be completed by 2029.
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160. Works on the western side will be conducted in two phases, and take about five years to complete. The smaller eastern side will take about three years and four months.
161. <br /><br />
162. The redeveloped Woodlands Checkpoint is expected to span about 95ha – almost five times the size of the current 19ha checkpoint – and aims to cut average clearance time from 60 minutes to 15 minutes during peak periods across all vehicle types, among other improvements.
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164. Reducing the size of the eastern reclaimed area would move it farther away from the Woodlands Waterfront Jetty and decrease the presence of suspended sediments at the jetty, the EIA report showed.
165. <br /><br />
166. The initial area studied had a 75m distance between the reclaimed portion and the jetty, while the final profile is about 620m away from the jetty.
167. <br /><br />
168. JTC, which is the government agency overseeing Singapore’s industrial spaces, had made the 600-page report available for public viewing from Jan 29 to Feb 26 at JTC Summit, subject to the signing of a non-disclosure agreement.
169. <br /><br />
170. ICA and JTC said mitigation measures will be put in place, and reclamation works carefully planned such that there is only slight to moderate impact on marine ecology and biodiversity in the area.
171. <br /><br />
172. The reclamation could result in the loss of about 35ha of subtidal seabed – areas that are submerged most of the time – though the agencies noted that the density of benthic fauna – animals that live on the sea floor – in that area was found to be low.
173. <br /><br />
174. But the EIA found a high density of macrobenthic organisms – those that live at the bottom of a water body – in sediment samples from the mudflat near the western reclamation site.
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176. To protect these organisms, JTC and ICA said reclamation will be “carefully planned” so that it would not overlap with the mudflat. Silt screens will be installed as part of measures to minimise the smothering effect on fauna in the area.
177. <br /><br />
178. The report showed that mangroves at the Mandai Mangrove and Mudflat nature park have the highest species diversity for birds compared with three other surveyed areas at the coastal belts adjoining the park, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve and Kranji Nature Trail.
179. <br /><br />Fifty-five species of birds identified are listed on at least one red list of threatened species. Of these, five are critically endangered locally, including the great-billed heron and black-tailed godwit.
180. <br /><br />
181. The mangroves at the nature park also have significant conservation value, with the report identifying 12 major species and five minor species of mangroves.
182. <br /><br />
183. JTC and ICA said they will review feedback received from the public before finalising the report and starting reclamation works. The agencies will also work with the appointed contractor to develop an environmental management and monitoring plan.
184. <br /><br />
185. Other efforts include training the main contractor’s staff on what to do if they encounter wildlife.
186. <br /><br />
187. Trees will also be checked for wildlife nests. If an active bird nest is found, the tree will be retained until the chicks are able to fly, the agencies added.
188. <br /><br />
189. JTC said it will try to avoid seawall construction activities and marine works within 100m of the mudflat from September to March – the period when migratory birds such as the endangered great knot are found in Singapore.
190. <br /><br />
191. The agency is also trialling the use of artificial intelligence to monitor birds in Mandai to complement manual bird counting surveys.
192. <br /><br />
193. “If the pilot trial is successful, machine learning will provide reliable real-time bird count data, minimise human intrusion in biodiversity areas, ensure surveyor safety from natural predators, and reduce errors in bird counting,” it added.
194. <br /><br />
195. To reduce the loss of native biodiversity within the nature park, JTC will work with the National Parks Board to collect suitable fruits and seeds for replanting at a suitable location.
196. <br /><br />
197. A 3m-tall barrier will be installed along the shoreline of Woodlands Waterfront Park to reduce noise from the reclamation works.
198. <br /><br />
199. The report also recommended having a dedicated path from Woodlands Road to serve construction vehicles to the western reclamation site, so that the impact to traffic to and from the checkpoint would be minimal.
200. <br /><br />
201. In addition, the MPA Flotsam Jetty, where garbage collection vessels transport waste to shore for disposal, will be relocated as it falls within the eastern site. Plans for the jetty’s relocation are being studied by the authorities.
202. <br /><br />
203. Woodlands Checkpoint will be redeveloped in several phases over the next 10 to 15 years.
204. <br /><br />
205. The first phase, comprising an extension at the Old Woodlands Town Centre and Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE), is targeted to be completed progressively from 2028, and fully operational by 2032.
206. <br /><br />
207. As part of the BKE extension, a direct route to the expressway will be created for vehicles exiting the checkpoint to ease peak-hour congestion on the roads. The surrounding road networks will also be upgraded to improve traffic flow.
208. <br /><br />
209. The BKE extension will be aligned with the eastern edge of Marsiling Park to avoid a mangrove area in the western side of the park, the agencies said.
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211. The extension will also have minimal overlap with a freshwater stream in the park, to lessen the effects on water quality.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1205213507887679505/posts/default/2170501629722576403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1205213507887679505/posts/default/2170501629722576403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildshores.blogspot.com/2024/03/planned-reclamation-at-mandai-mangroves.html' title='Planned reclamation at Mandai Mangroves'/><author><name>Ria Tan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09770926654830427210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiiWjmxuACQhACMytytupw7dSG5Xq7Okf_KmetgEL6FricUkyjLENRiH4QDyt1ADv87695XJopE4QpyEeK-mZ-Lcbr8P0gNjkLTO08O4fw8qa8bPUyo3wtZqtvM2tJQ/s117/wildsing.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilu2bFAn767P0qhIsAicUzZLq2YEDNARhULkVM8PM06xt0O0VL7kn_ktPpu13cYhmPIJtDAzDDejusiOzwjH72B9ooW2IXdrtlh_d8L80zVlY8jNyAijx7Bx1wKoptj1iQLh5Ex9q3lyx5dHxBOMofGbs4dBObwdae4MwJ6CTyCiqb64dNXNJ29L9kzzE/s72-w303-h400-c/Screenshot%202024-03-20%20085137.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205213507887679505.post-73988688843439215</id><published>2024-03-10T09:15:00.017+08:00</published><updated>2024-03-15T08:17:39.103+08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="field-trips"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="terumbu-pempang"/><title type='text'>Terumbu Pempang Laut with signs of dugong</title><content type='html'>On our last evening tide for the cycle, the team surveys this huge submerged reef that lies close to Jurong Island and major shipping lanes leading to our busy container port.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53579962786/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Dugong feeding trails, Terumbu Pempang Laut, Mar 2024&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Dugong feeding trails, Terumbu Pempang Laut, Mar 2024&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53579962786_a4ab186e81_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;How nice to see signs of dugongs here! The corals and seagrasses seemed mostly alright. Kelvin and Russel flew drones and got great views of the shore, and shark! Alas, it seems the Giant clam here is gone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Kelvin&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/yongszeyuenkelvin/posts/pfbid0SU4QjTNBfKGszuKj8zMPaSNJ5hVbbFGd3fn9dpN53LsyspjFVS8trWBsMKP6Zarcl?__cft__[0]=AZVYbA0g0VKW2BtVKJWT785sk9lhPSvSpwqPMhFCDnzQkadeYwpc-3Wit_0LJFr7uODD1w1ZD3xR__gcJ0LLGGkiR-yEG-5PqG89yGboVNBn2logCf5whwGRPemS3Vs7wLR2G2azxVa5LSzZb2gkXfiksMBdvk1npFognq98ahKkpw&amp;amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;drone view&lt;/a&gt; is an eye opener! Showing the huge terumbu with many small &#39;cuts&#39; on the margins probably due to boat strikes. It also shows the sandbar and the shallow channel in the middle of the reef flat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikRB6_x03gxDTuPlAjnhl64nwscRnGyfq7ttYtbu0v0T4bcIT7mhRMwxvCNDWkwJSxJdvFteLULbvVaVHBc5tFAHoc-ckFznLlB3mQMVpxhD7DZA3O7AiGzI7VB3w15D1SijdrsyF3WfCj5JsAqTNGLUpxyCVIL6Y7h9y0W773blNfWIrxHK968DftOU/s400/431823523_10169275192540112_360389319513159981_n.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;300&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikRB6_x03gxDTuPlAjnhl64nwscRnGyfq7ttYtbu0v0T4bcIT7mhRMwxvCNDWkwJSxJdvFteLULbvVaVHBc5tFAHoc-ckFznLlB3mQMVpxhD7DZA3O7AiGzI7VB3w15D1SijdrsyF3WfCj5JsAqTNGLUpxyCVIL6Y7h9y0W773blNfWIrxHK968DftOU/w400-h300/431823523_10169275192540112_360389319513159981_n.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/russel.low/posts/pfbid0hfH4Kit42rhCxGQMqueGJdc8U68of4rHPv1Xai4K6cmcjMPdPFABbzfpMuzdWiAwl?__cft__[0]=AZVDmHp5A41Qv0t5Y0fL1J_5CNIi_h3DVrvkKmz0CKJVDmqF4HJu4IDolmaG0xZ1zmWGLxR_Np-3KAwHTWM04WIUNBZYB8iZOuQDO3cfrJqh648x-U-j_-AVPwriyxDPt0R73ASfw99h9YH80tNPF0m4m-zcB8kD-QWuCDitmNXIUQ&amp;amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Russel&#39;s drone view&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;has Terumbu Pempang Tengah on the horizon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBPHfy_hdQWA7utwgfpTKsTgZhL5vUiHxzCpqvg4SXYRUwiPvueRGjUQSS6_K8GAl0lkHhaB0nu6luh2d4WN3Jadzo_gX3Gu4ApyGdxcAr3v87IUgp3-nUe4KPgcTWPRFV4mXbQb9Yq8jiqDpQJSCZ1UeliHEHGyU5lBVM4PPj-pY_Xxxhc2EEk1oYj9c/s400/431628871_10161041668826273_3135515276733294910_n.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;270&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;270&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBPHfy_hdQWA7utwgfpTKsTgZhL5vUiHxzCpqvg4SXYRUwiPvueRGjUQSS6_K8GAl0lkHhaB0nu6luh2d4WN3Jadzo_gX3Gu4ApyGdxcAr3v87IUgp3-nUe4KPgcTWPRFV4mXbQb9Yq8jiqDpQJSCZ1UeliHEHGyU5lBVM4PPj-pY_Xxxhc2EEk1oYj9c/w400-h270/431628871_10161041668826273_3135515276733294910_n.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The rest of the team spotted many crabs, fishes, small sea anemones and other interesting marine life. Sadly, we&amp;nbsp;couldn&#39;t find the large&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/bivalvia/tridacnidae/squamosa.htm&quot;&gt;Fluted giant clam&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;near the arrival point, not even its empty shell - has it been taken by people? We saw it first in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://wildshores.blogspot.sg/2014/06/terumbu-pempang-laut-check-up.html&quot;&gt;Jun 2014&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and the last time we saw it was in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/01/seagrasses-doing-well-at-terumbu.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Jan 2022&lt;/a&gt;. This collage features Kelvin&#39;s drone view with Jurong Island on the horizon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEith_hjLe5LOs2oPSaUipDR3J-Bnm2IojDm-1wI4N90QV07K8L5qyZ4wYKWeIULRLgZ2DJpLj-fqdZK2untxtaXObpwRqSrTwfy6tjM1MfhdKH3OLPGtaMT0bnVKOwpZuqyBdzupFuY_wi5c6eXmif8GMxV8_h0gum_POSqlcIwUzsXyffyCdB6hKJSBWI/s1200/FotoJet%20-%202024-03-11T105928.537.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1200&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEith_hjLe5LOs2oPSaUipDR3J-Bnm2IojDm-1wI4N90QV07K8L5qyZ4wYKWeIULRLgZ2DJpLj-fqdZK2untxtaXObpwRqSrTwfy6tjM1MfhdKH3OLPGtaMT0bnVKOwpZuqyBdzupFuY_wi5c6eXmif8GMxV8_h0gum_POSqlcIwUzsXyffyCdB6hKJSBWI/w400-h400/FotoJet%20-%202024-03-11T105928.537.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Collage of photos by the team.&lt;br /&gt;Links to their albums below.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;I saw some clear&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/vertebrates/mammals/dugong.htm&quot;&gt;dugong feeding trails&lt;/a&gt; in the meadows of Spoon seagrass in the sandy center of the reef flat near the arrival point. Also a few trails on the seagrasses growing on the seaward side of the sand bar. Dugong feeding trails are formed when dugongs chomp up seagrasses including their roots, leaving a shallow meandering furrow of about equal width and depth. We last saw clear trails in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2021/08/terumbu-pempang-laut-with-signs-of.html&quot;&gt;Aug 2021&lt;/a&gt;. We saw some on our last survey on&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2020/07/terumbu-pempang-laut-not-bleaching.html&quot;&gt;Jul 2020&lt;/a&gt;. We didn&#39;t see any on our last survey in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2019/05/three-clam-day-at-terumbu-pempang-laut.html&quot;&gt;May 2019&lt;/a&gt;. We saw many trails in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2018/12/terumbu-pempang-laut-is-alive.html&quot;&gt;Dec 2018&lt;/a&gt;. Also in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2016/08/mass-coral-bleaching-at-terumbu-pempang.html&quot;&gt;Aug 2016&lt;/a&gt;. The first time we noted them was in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://wildshores.blogspot.sg/2012/05/signs-of-dugong-in-south.html&quot;&gt;May 2012&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioEuEq0XfMKcEqMPcf_OGLRo2iHYjTXH0JvclM5rKKLKay6Q3nj7P4QcOHhI-rADUvVIJSrIwLXgumEKJ-Hddcu6IIoJRI9q0nOu5JI2c2LFEpZkQvbHBKFHZ1to1YccATqjcoo3FJ3cCyxXlalyb63DSQC9MilqNCZDb_sEroG4BVRfhYMyxlBmDw4aE/s400/FotoJet---2024-03-11T092228.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioEuEq0XfMKcEqMPcf_OGLRo2iHYjTXH0JvclM5rKKLKay6Q3nj7P4QcOHhI-rADUvVIJSrIwLXgumEKJ-Hddcu6IIoJRI9q0nOu5JI2c2LFEpZkQvbHBKFHZ1to1YccATqjcoo3FJ3cCyxXlalyb63DSQC9MilqNCZDb_sEroG4BVRfhYMyxlBmDw4aE/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-03-11T092228.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Seagrasses continue to cover almost the entire reef flat from the reef edge to the centre. On the sand bars and among the more reefy parts. Today, large areas in the middle of the shore had very heavy epiphyte grows, and most of the seagrass elsewhere were also coated in epiphytes. Although seagrasses towards the reef edge were more free of epiphytes. The seagrasses were fresh and green on our last survey in &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2023/05/terumbu-pempang-laut-is-one-of-our.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;May 2023&lt;/a&gt; and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/01/seagrasses-doing-well-at-terumbu.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Jan 2022&lt;/a&gt;. The most common remains&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/ovalis.htm&quot;&gt;Spoon seagrass&lt;/a&gt; (mostly small but some large leaves) and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/thalassia.htm&quot;&gt;Sickle seagrass&lt;/a&gt;. I saw only one clump&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/enhalus.htm&quot;&gt;Tape seagrass&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;with leaves cropped short. Rachael saw one flower of the Sickle seagrass!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC6QsuHqeYCpOEuS-i-AJdsX_eGIPOp-HL9ociC9vtV8VICIlOFi8inNzqucFDE2a9cH4ifrairYSP7hntcmKGwUzxbq2f1GlXiEDtmvewcK2CLL0a8A7PIBXcIzSsJkHGvpZBkHaVHS5ZBCWe_VBlLUy0Ei8UNhThlRkYvXmEASS1fNy8LjvFR25EVXs/s400/FotoJet---2024-03-11T093558.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;293&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;293&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC6QsuHqeYCpOEuS-i-AJdsX_eGIPOp-HL9ociC9vtV8VICIlOFi8inNzqucFDE2a9cH4ifrairYSP7hntcmKGwUzxbq2f1GlXiEDtmvewcK2CLL0a8A7PIBXcIzSsJkHGvpZBkHaVHS5ZBCWe_VBlLUy0Ei8UNhThlRkYvXmEASS1fNy8LjvFR25EVXs/w400-h293/FotoJet---2024-03-11T093558.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;There has never been a lot of hard corals on this shore. But there is a good variety of common corals with some forming quite large colonies. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53580345539/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living shores of Terumbu Pempang Laut, Mar 2024&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living shores of Terumbu Pempang Laut, Mar 2024&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53580345539_8447663225_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Most of the hard corals here are boulder-shaped. Most were alright although I saw a few large colonies that were very pale or had pinkish portions (a sign of stress). As on my last visit in &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2023/05/terumbu-pempang-laut-is-one-of-our.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;May 2023&lt;/a&gt;, I saw more small clusters of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/acroporidae/monbranch.htm&quot;&gt;Branching montipora coral&lt;/a&gt;, perhaps the beginning of a field of them?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikUGPl2z1WPqx94A6XBeieqlvXEVTcVeJCErSVAVC-V_1B2176H9vCiwXJwcumvSqtjqABVCvaRywCq49Eh_leqs4IqJVspjzXJDBRgBfVwEHvpnn921Sb-MU1OJalshlA92lZv13EAitC7HR0ihaACjvBadqiAx1KDpW9jVuhTzCrTG00nWfudGmZxM/s400/FotoJet---2024-03-11T095517.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikUGPl2z1WPqx94A6XBeieqlvXEVTcVeJCErSVAVC-V_1B2176H9vCiwXJwcumvSqtjqABVCvaRywCq49Eh_leqs4IqJVspjzXJDBRgBfVwEHvpnn921Sb-MU1OJalshlA92lZv13EAitC7HR0ihaACjvBadqiAx1KDpW9jVuhTzCrTG00nWfudGmZxM/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-03-11T095517.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I saw a few small to medium-sized&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralsoft/alcyoniidae.htm&quot;&gt;leathery soft corals&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;of various kinds near the reef edge. I often wonder why we see large clusters of these on nearby Terumbu Pempang Tengah, but not here. There were also some Asparagus flowery soft corals. I didn&#39;t see any that were bleaching.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Fh-yos6RX7bnn2GSkQSMzbn-_U9DHDVkW6F3020CsfxkdaatXvaN6sJnpyLq6zHVlDpbAG1XpPUJdbKNfPMsjfe6Lot9xiXa5OosmoV7ehrjcCyGgG5bWiGB4j5TWbf2D_qYxVnRbm_GY3FZj3sUlLZ3ESXzeed7NZAi92LujGf2u0ZFWGzVGoQ7dqQ/s400/FotoJet---2024-03-11T094729.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Fh-yos6RX7bnn2GSkQSMzbn-_U9DHDVkW6F3020CsfxkdaatXvaN6sJnpyLq6zHVlDpbAG1XpPUJdbKNfPMsjfe6Lot9xiXa5OosmoV7ehrjcCyGgG5bWiGB4j5TWbf2D_qYxVnRbm_GY3FZj3sUlLZ3ESXzeed7NZAi92LujGf2u0ZFWGzVGoQ7dqQ/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-03-11T094729.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is the fate of Terumbu Pempang Laut?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pulau Hantu and all the terumbus west of it are slated for massive reclamation outlined recently in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/06/space-for-our-dreams-lots-of-land.html&quot;&gt;Long-Term Plan Review&lt;/a&gt;. Singapore&#39;s submerged reefs are often out of sight under the high tide and thus forgotten.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNT2n6u3lSo7KWKLcrZfFg9R0RUmqbiDXIfcHXGQyi6aIxU0SDkawRf5OO0DTTnucXMXVYShej46gZlmWkXsbTuElHBSvQmK-a9aDMCHqkgxdmDKXdO6TOK41c-Wyuhy9Y6kGG_0lmaL_OSFoxiJ6B0L9lWlM6spiTLr9gmJPueguJzVDrK4BHcjz/s530/southern-reclamation-low-res.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;355&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNT2n6u3lSo7KWKLcrZfFg9R0RUmqbiDXIfcHXGQyi6aIxU0SDkawRf5OO0DTTnucXMXVYShej46gZlmWkXsbTuElHBSvQmK-a9aDMCHqkgxdmDKXdO6TOK41c-Wyuhy9Y6kGG_0lmaL_OSFoxiJ6B0L9lWlM6spiTLr9gmJPueguJzVDrK4BHcjz/w400-h355/southern-reclamation-low-res.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Recently, &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2024/01/reclamation-at-pulau-sudong.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;plans were announced for reclamation at Pulau Sudong&lt;/a&gt; eastward (red area). These are likely to impact submerged reefs nearby.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4asr_1FbUUj7Rs0_l7ywbAKnA34xV3zKH0gqHU53yxItg-ZNWnYMOBlOY7PKleyhKe59e7vQMxtRZsP7fOVsv2A0zCFr_uRWYern3d5BkUlSI4Bhw0ZosUO_ch_GWln8ArEdrtx8mAcZW0fMHVD7K380PvG44DeAr5rbjxZPsZSvUfgkfy8hW0WBA_rc/s791/sudong-reclamation.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;456&quot; data-original-width=&quot;791&quot; height=&quot;230&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4asr_1FbUUj7Rs0_l7ywbAKnA34xV3zKH0gqHU53yxItg-ZNWnYMOBlOY7PKleyhKe59e7vQMxtRZsP7fOVsv2A0zCFr_uRWYern3d5BkUlSI4Bhw0ZosUO_ch_GWln8ArEdrtx8mAcZW0fMHVD7K380PvG44DeAr5rbjxZPsZSvUfgkfy8hW0WBA_rc/w400-h230/sudong-reclamation.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Singapore Blue Plan 2018&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pulau Semakau and nearby islands and submerged reefs have been recommended by the Singapore Blue Plan 2018 for Immediate Conservation Priority. The Blue Plan recommends the intertidal and subtidal marine areas of Pulau Semakau and adjacent Pulau Hantu, and Pulau Jong to be designated Marine Reserve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53580241168/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living shores of Terumbu Pempang Laut, Mar 2024&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living shores of Terumbu Pempang Laut, Mar 2024&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53580241168_1e6fa9cb87_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The Blue Plan highlights that Pulau Semakau and its associated patch reefs comprise many ecosystems: coral reefs, mangrove areas, intertidal sandflats, seagrass meadows, and coral reefs. The subtidal area of Pulau Jong is larger than the terrestrial area. Pulau Hantu is a popular dive site has seen increasing interest in the past decade due to biodiversity awareness. If protection is accorded to these three islands, zonation plans for use can be implemented to manage tourism and human impacts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DOWNLOAD the Plan, SUPPORT the Plan! 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href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53578066940/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Fluted giant clam (Tridacna squamosa)&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Fluted giant clam (Tridacna squamosa)&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53578066940_fa900f8aea_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Just minutes from Sentosa, Pulau Tekukor&#39;s western shore is part of the Sisters&#39; Islands Marine Park.&amp;nbsp;Today, the corals and seagrasses seem to be doing well. We are glad to spot 2 Giant clams and colourful marine life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The 30cm &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/bivalvia/tridacnidae/squamosa.htm&quot;&gt;Fluted giant clam&lt;/a&gt; is still there. Richard found a really large one that we hadn&#39;t seen before. There is not a wide variety of animals on Pulau Tekukor, but a lot of a few kinds of animals. Zoanthids remain the most abundant animals on the shore. Thick &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/others/zoanthid/tuberculosa.htm&quot;&gt;Sea Mat zoanthids&lt;/a&gt; and carpets of tinier &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/others/zoanthid/zoanthus.htm&quot;&gt;Button zoanthids&lt;/a&gt; continue to cover large stretches of the eastern rocky areas. Also abundant are&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/holothuroidea/leucospilota.htm&quot;&gt;Long black sea cucumbers&lt;/a&gt;, plus small ones which are only commonly seen here. Also, many&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/crustacea/othercrust/anomura/hermit/coenobita.htm&quot;&gt;Land hermit crabs&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/gigantea.htm&quot;&gt;Giant carpet anemones&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/phymanthus.htm&quot;&gt;Frilly anemones&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/gastropoda/trochidae/niloticus.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Giant top shell snails&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mzqKGsy_tscM5x0QLZka7JVll033xzaQPf_o6vKEXYoyofOpDH6sDUTmYmUiv2SS4heQqx2NApnYECk-SEefQJ2PTlJQoqXiqibQB4sKoq9E6dUYPzmlz0bl6_zXqSmjhNHZfFvXnfmDS-2m47CGkecsGkTztM9EyU3cgP_GDsaX_zB-2tDR-XzFPeo/s400/FotoJet---2024-03-10T081327.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;338&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;338&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mzqKGsy_tscM5x0QLZka7JVll033xzaQPf_o6vKEXYoyofOpDH6sDUTmYmUiv2SS4heQqx2NApnYECk-SEefQJ2PTlJQoqXiqibQB4sKoq9E6dUYPzmlz0bl6_zXqSmjhNHZfFvXnfmDS-2m47CGkecsGkTztM9EyU3cgP_GDsaX_zB-2tDR-XzFPeo/w400-h338/FotoJet---2024-03-10T081327.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Here&#39;s the Giant clam&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10161031538857906&amp;amp;set=a.10161031532427906&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;that Richard found&lt;/a&gt;. All of us missed it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzA6xxrSvmN0JKaYnThiPZ7_weJO0gPPV4hu7l4eXJrpOKOV6uz-GaHxy4qT4r2uaKrK5afgQMXuyIObJiIDq1BzOOE5hqQVX_CEroRjklhGPVc3IYl66rskwpeid4ElX_8EZYGZUtUkYlTBSDqx4o6HVhZvxZ3Q9Fd__R05AtVQamFOCnvTadEDlPoc/s400/432215843_10161031546497906_6071608765608031338_n.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;317&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;318&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzA6xxrSvmN0JKaYnThiPZ7_weJO0gPPV4hu7l4eXJrpOKOV6uz-GaHxy4qT4r2uaKrK5afgQMXuyIObJiIDq1BzOOE5hqQVX_CEroRjklhGPVc3IYl66rskwpeid4ElX_8EZYGZUtUkYlTBSDqx4o6HVhZvxZ3Q9Fd__R05AtVQamFOCnvTadEDlPoc/w400-h318/432215843_10161031546497906_6071608765608031338_n.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The rest of the team found lots of colourful slugs and other marine life. Kelvin got a video of the small sharks that started swimming in when the tide turned and once again found large chitons.&amp;nbsp;We also noticed monkeys on this shore for the first time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj62ECS8cgfviyVdHB9kFdNixwnA8dSuavD5cwQidqigJTE7n2YMsFcMTOHma45Lbymgbu9GKbJ0ORWSNDvP_g00dZwxN3X49xDx3EYafMdCMn3TxD2M6pHRw9U0oNeR3-6h-A7cFgKwnZ4cPyB30xOsxouyRLJ4wU-nyJqiPEQqDC_mz7VTX67CwLbfhA/s400/FotoJet---2024-03-10T091442.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj62ECS8cgfviyVdHB9kFdNixwnA8dSuavD5cwQidqigJTE7n2YMsFcMTOHma45Lbymgbu9GKbJ0ORWSNDvP_g00dZwxN3X49xDx3EYafMdCMn3TxD2M6pHRw9U0oNeR3-6h-A7cFgKwnZ4cPyB30xOsxouyRLJ4wU-nyJqiPEQqDC_mz7VTX67CwLbfhA/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-03-10T091442.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Collage of photos by the team.&lt;br /&gt;Links to their albums below.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have never seen a lot of hard corals here. But there are a few large ones and they seems alright today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53578011264/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living shores of Pulau Tekukor, Mar 2024&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living shores of Pulau Tekukor, Mar 2024&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53578011264_df6dd6c07d_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I saw the usual sprinkling of small colonies of the boulder-shaped common hard corals, some quite well-formed. I didn&#39;t see any that were bleaching.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhH3x6hmtF2C6zMHHsaQS0jYGekgRMUjjSMRi2s7j97J7yPNX0xJRtZGfpT-Q5aYIGnPgEAzsSgJA8p1MRZaWKXSqrqjGVAr2dHin6zmVgGhkKALzPEmr6hcGP3J8zgSygog9-c4VuVqUMISL8kbE3ca6pD1s4oXXgMkbr7Zefd95xoifW7_0MQuXUEMg/s400/FotoJet---2024-03-10T082354.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhH3x6hmtF2C6zMHHsaQS0jYGekgRMUjjSMRi2s7j97J7yPNX0xJRtZGfpT-Q5aYIGnPgEAzsSgJA8p1MRZaWKXSqrqjGVAr2dHin6zmVgGhkKALzPEmr6hcGP3J8zgSygog9-c4VuVqUMISL8kbE3ca6pD1s4oXXgMkbr7Zefd95xoifW7_0MQuXUEMg/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-03-10T082354.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I also saw a few small to medium sized &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralsoft/alcyoniidae.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;leathery soft corals&lt;/a&gt; of various kinds. I didn&#39;t see any that were bleaching.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR4tv5zbyaS1aYIoub8mYj9Y5u_lL_ZhQ46oIBVFvmyBJFwvXUcHpu-tklal4pWoQB5Zgqo3pfCIsMEtYSLmd-vSq30_Fjp0sT9ztHvAPp8ABPKFNP5A_u8XCneFEWwepQb_gjjM5jp05_fSxXMWbp8EtXFLs-QIFsSkcDo-vsD1C9evsa2uc7Vh0D7QU/s400/FotoJet---2024-03-10T083200.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR4tv5zbyaS1aYIoub8mYj9Y5u_lL_ZhQ46oIBVFvmyBJFwvXUcHpu-tklal4pWoQB5Zgqo3pfCIsMEtYSLmd-vSq30_Fjp0sT9ztHvAPp8ABPKFNP5A_u8XCneFEWwepQb_gjjM5jp05_fSxXMWbp8EtXFLs-QIFsSkcDo-vsD1C9evsa2uc7Vh0D7QU/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-03-10T083200.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The western shore of Pulau Tekukor is part of the Sisters Islands Marine Park. There are good growths of seagrasses on the shore that faces the Sisters Islands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53577928174/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Sickle seagrass (Thalassia hemprichi)&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Sickle seagrass (Thalassia hemprichi)&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53577928174_8eb9eec8b8_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/thalassia.htm&quot;&gt;Sickle seagrass&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;covers a large part of the middle of this shore, with fresh green leaf blades.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy_zP_xfAqxA9cVRtbqwHvCljHRlxPyUyl-rCvFdFRTR7Zxu9R5-7JsJAXuqO9vNsVQmR8LACN-ghVhU5ayapPmhvkfyjEdMkusxg6khilNF_O-HzaF_3NpahiJNKlkbPh-C64PCn44XglZG0JCTNJi18xnE8OB4e8SnO0myrTLilo73NA9oYl3flYGrY/s400/FotoJet---2024-03-10T075440.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy_zP_xfAqxA9cVRtbqwHvCljHRlxPyUyl-rCvFdFRTR7Zxu9R5-7JsJAXuqO9vNsVQmR8LACN-ghVhU5ayapPmhvkfyjEdMkusxg6khilNF_O-HzaF_3NpahiJNKlkbPh-C64PCn44XglZG0JCTNJi18xnE8OB4e8SnO0myrTLilo73NA9oYl3flYGrY/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-03-10T075440.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;There were also patches of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/ovalis.htm&quot;&gt;Spoon seagrass&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;with small leaf blades. The patch of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/enhalus.htm&quot;&gt;Tape seagrass&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;had male flower bracts (I didn&#39;t see any male flowers) and leaves were longish (about 20-30cm). Overall, the seagrass situation is very similar to what I saw in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2023/03/pulau-tekukor-with-huge-corals.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Mar 2023&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjga2qFcSVR1erUCsCuTyHWMETR6K_71zCXIT_DZDuAhN6-KNPhGKT2j0FYZc3iKlU9Ah7-NRI5RAZQ1PrhNWox1_O6WHjOsqgYgXwZ1UUvFQEm7c_Xxrf2XKiIKhGu0m800lvbbVEPFPCkQSdkLcGM1-Au_dZoiIxE_kR98-VDYqPmlZ6xVNZylnUXVq8/s400/FotoJet---2024-03-10T075933.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjga2qFcSVR1erUCsCuTyHWMETR6K_71zCXIT_DZDuAhN6-KNPhGKT2j0FYZc3iKlU9Ah7-NRI5RAZQ1PrhNWox1_O6WHjOsqgYgXwZ1UUvFQEm7c_Xxrf2XKiIKhGu0m800lvbbVEPFPCkQSdkLcGM1-Au_dZoiIxE_kR98-VDYqPmlZ6xVNZylnUXVq8/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-03-10T075933.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pulau Tekukor&#39;s undeveloped eastern half has some of the last natural cliffs cloaked in natural coastal forests in Singapore. They seem  to be doing well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53576823727/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living shores of Pulau Tekukor, Mar 2024&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living shores of Pulau Tekukor, Mar 2024&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53576823727_ba687d25c6_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I am relieved to see that the trash on the high shore remains highly reduced, first noticed in our last survey in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2023/03/pulau-tekukor-with-huge-corals.html&quot;&gt;Mar 2023&lt;/a&gt;. In previous years, there is usually a lot of plastic trash here. 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href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53525843121/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living shores of St John&#39;s Island, Feb 2024&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living shores of St John&#39;s Island, Feb 2024&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53525843121_bf4f0c0f08_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Here, there are living rocky shores, reefs, seagrass meadows. As well as rare mangrove trees on the untouched western shore, which is part of the Sisters Islands Marine Park.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The island has been reclaimed to form several swimming lagoons: an easy ferry ride from the city. When we arrived for the evening low tide, there were lots of families heading back home after a great day out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53524946362/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living shores of St John&#39;s Island, Feb 2024&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living shores of St John&#39;s Island, Feb 2024&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53524946362_9892af73b0_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;But the northern tip of the island remains untouched, with natural rocky shores cloaked in magnificent natural coastal forests. Habitats now rare in Singapore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53525820181/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living coastal forest of St John&#39;s Island, Feb 2024&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living coastal forest of St John&#39;s Island, Feb 2024&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53525820181_f532017c34_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;There are not a lot of hard corals on this shore. The tide wasn&#39;t very low and there was still a lot of Sargassum bloom making it difficult to check the lower shores. I saw one large coral with pale areas, but the rest of the team saw some healthy corals. Kelvin spotted a very large cuttlefish! The rocky area was alive with&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/polyplacophora/gemmata.htm&quot;&gt;Jewelled chitons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;small and large and the usual crabs, snails. There many&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/gigantea.htm&quot;&gt;Giant carpet anemones&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/phyplain.htm&quot;&gt;Frilly anemones&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/magnifica.htm&quot;&gt;Magnificent anemone&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWFY39fCKbQ1Jpr4hE22N2xq_GLOhecCEtz9oa3EOq8JI4GbpJYDzfdh3ngsIvrdDDMqGiPgyCLHRNHrZzdMDZq2jLSNQO_Ic512wr4jCPqDT1FNfq2ehS0Bxi8J9zK2AYEl_zHO_z-8uUQoiZiprxNzbrKRmCvdXPvC6SeUqyC2T56LdTKlTscsZ6ew4/s400/FotoJet---2024-02-13T095729.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWFY39fCKbQ1Jpr4hE22N2xq_GLOhecCEtz9oa3EOq8JI4GbpJYDzfdh3ngsIvrdDDMqGiPgyCLHRNHrZzdMDZq2jLSNQO_Ic512wr4jCPqDT1FNfq2ehS0Bxi8J9zK2AYEl_zHO_z-8uUQoiZiprxNzbrKRmCvdXPvC6SeUqyC2T56LdTKlTscsZ6ew4/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-02-13T095729.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Montage of photos by the rest of the team.&lt;br /&gt;Links to their albums below.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Thanks to Jianlin who spotted a great many tiny nudibranchs, plus what looks like a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/vertebrates/fish/blenniidae/rockskipper.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Rockhopper blenny&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; While the rest of the team also spotted other nudis and slugs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7kVnkvoj7zbYSHfnhviaL0P5eiyx8XhemaBuB2flY9CRCTHTvqCImm7MEu2xdYgzONrn_YZCDk0LQ-r6j1gbKFAGPV7GPpRkBg4w8tNJMsKFK37Bg1CPU3BLV7tWIMTckhFe1_37uzchUJErxkiYi6G9yTXQFRsq2WR7FkP9F-2SpqeDSWcYlKgzKAoM/s400/FotoJet---2024-02-13T101948.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7kVnkvoj7zbYSHfnhviaL0P5eiyx8XhemaBuB2flY9CRCTHTvqCImm7MEu2xdYgzONrn_YZCDk0LQ-r6j1gbKFAGPV7GPpRkBg4w8tNJMsKFK37Bg1CPU3BLV7tWIMTckhFe1_37uzchUJErxkiYi6G9yTXQFRsq2WR7FkP9F-2SpqeDSWcYlKgzKAoM/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-02-13T101948.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Montage of photos by Jianlin and the team.&lt;br /&gt;Links to their albums below.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;The western shore of St John&#39;s Island is part of the Sisters&#39; Islands Marine Park, and overlooks the Sisters. I made the annual pilgrimage to pay my respects to the grandmother&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/mangrove/xylocarpus/rumphii.htm&quot;&gt;Nyireh laut tree&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and her daughters who grow here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53526174734/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Sisters Islands from St John&#39;s Island&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Sisters Islands from St John&#39;s Island&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53526174734_391d4c104f_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;She is still very much alive with lush green leaves. Her two daughters nearby are also doing well. Plus, what looks like spindly new saplings near the old ladies! On our last survey in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2021/04/st-johns-island-is-alive.html&quot;&gt;Apr 2021&lt;/a&gt;, there were two landslides at the cliffs that narrowly missed all three trees. I didn&#39;t see any new landslides today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ZXHbAkGVcJkGanb9gyY4UjrEodVojDwi7S_6_SFkl3e6FC_Y2oVJMAzP9LW_iYqpIQpflDnbrHOSxb9NmArMf0oP_bRwfK_yHOLzGgPTjMdsSNnas6o_tMcIUQH4tP8B4DTnIiHfv9XdXj0Vbxflr-n0B0Fc8tao531lsnwo_8gMmbkXRyIFNhd3CJk/s462/FotoJet---2024-02-13T091313.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;462&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ZXHbAkGVcJkGanb9gyY4UjrEodVojDwi7S_6_SFkl3e6FC_Y2oVJMAzP9LW_iYqpIQpflDnbrHOSxb9NmArMf0oP_bRwfK_yHOLzGgPTjMdsSNnas6o_tMcIUQH4tP8B4DTnIiHfv9XdXj0Vbxflr-n0B0Fc8tao531lsnwo_8gMmbkXRyIFNhd3CJk/w346-h400/FotoJet---2024-02-13T091313.jpg&quot; width=&quot;346&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;As the sun set, and just before the tide rushed back in, the team spotted special animals in the artificial lagoons. A&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/gastropoda/architectonicidae/perspectiva.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Sundial snail&lt;/a&gt;, the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/asteroidea/sandorange.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Orange sand star&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(it has orange feet) and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/gastropoda/strombidae/vittatus.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Vitate conch&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- we rarely encounter these. There were also the usual common animals like&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/crustacea/crab/ocypodoidea/uca.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Fiddler crabs&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/asteroidea/archaster.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Common sea stars&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and many&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/haddoni.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Haddon&#39;s carpet anemones&lt;/a&gt;. The tide wasn&#39;t low enough to check up on the seagrass situation outside the seawall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXX0bHYlu-E1jjAw1umHqnYnJruNP3T9w7IXCkK8F5kJfuH7zThvFVCHOJLcmaX5FIFwvhZtqH0ChF4veXduWXrzaAWlHECINPsaCKOgC2LxXqXXFcdKteCR3rGNvNJqseeU2puPU8q9XQ5K4mj1d4Oo5H39X1elhK-ID5JXFnGlX_jfxpQtVBkYHorrM/s400/FotoJet---2024-02-13T100728.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXX0bHYlu-E1jjAw1umHqnYnJruNP3T9w7IXCkK8F5kJfuH7zThvFVCHOJLcmaX5FIFwvhZtqH0ChF4veXduWXrzaAWlHECINPsaCKOgC2LxXqXXFcdKteCR3rGNvNJqseeU2puPU8q9XQ5K4mj1d4Oo5H39X1elhK-ID5JXFnGlX_jfxpQtVBkYHorrM/s320/FotoJet---2024-02-13T100728.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Montage of photos by the rest of the team.&lt;br /&gt;Links to their albums below.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;St John&#39;s Island in the Singapore Blue Plan&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Singapore Blue Plan 2018 highlights the importance of St John&#39;s Island to our marine biodiversity. The cluster of Kusu, Lazarus and St. John&#39;s Islands has been recommended by the Singapore Blue Plan 2018 for elevated protection status. The Blue Plan highlights that Lazarus, St. John’s, and Kusu Islands are established sites for coral nurseries as their shoreline offers ideal sheltered areas for growth of corals. Designating these islands as No-fishing Areas can bolster their rehabilitation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53526163449/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living shores of St John&#39;s Island, Feb 2024&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living shores of St John&#39;s Island, Feb 2024&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53526163449_0e65d06ca5_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Protecting a larger cluster of islands means zonation plans for use can be implemented to manage tourism and human impacts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53526291655/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Pulau Tekukor from St John&#39;s Island&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Pulau Tekukor from St John&#39;s Island&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53526291655_146d700fd0_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;DOWNLOAD the Plan, SUPPORT the Plan! 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Part of Singapore&#39;s first Marine Park, we did our survey with permission from NParks.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53523772628/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living shores of Big Sisters Island, Feb 2024&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living shores of Big Sisters Island, Feb 2024&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53523772628_4ac945e249_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;script async=&quot;&quot; charset=&quot;utf-8&quot; src=&quot;//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;It was a super windy day, which made it challenging to view anything under water! But the corals seem well, we were glad to see the Giant clam and other interesting marine life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Most of the shores on both Big and Small Sisters&#39; Islands were reclaimed: seawalls were built on the reef edge and the reef flat buried. The original islands were much tinier. Most of Big Sister&#39;s Island is ringed by artificial seawalls, which create two swimming lagoons. Since the reclamation, living corals have returned in the big lagoon of Big Sisters Island. The latest Google Earth images show the newly constructed boardwalk! Big Sisters Island will&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2023/06/big-sisters-island-to-reopen-in-2024.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;reopen to the public in 2024&lt;/a&gt;, we won&#39;t spoil the surprise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHQTnkjNWRNAUIRrnj_MrGD7Pmaog6_3TMotghJCoxvQDyHYU-IOvXamOSF-I8LWh62x7PTFWcsYWuEN5twGO5899q8QlUmStzwtTey6s5bp3uwb_7mdo5F6O7cFGiihDL_TccEA7jkhoQlM1ERi5xN487FO3ISW_vM_9sH3kZHqx94jhyLfeVM4BwftQ/s400/Screenshot-2024-02-12-072204.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;276&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;276&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHQTnkjNWRNAUIRrnj_MrGD7Pmaog6_3TMotghJCoxvQDyHYU-IOvXamOSF-I8LWh62x7PTFWcsYWuEN5twGO5899q8QlUmStzwtTey6s5bp3uwb_7mdo5F6O7cFGiihDL_TccEA7jkhoQlM1ERi5xN487FO3ISW_vM_9sH3kZHqx94jhyLfeVM4BwftQ/w400-h276/Screenshot-2024-02-12-072204.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;It was very challenging to check up on the corals as the very strong wind ruffled the water and the tide wasn&#39;t super low. Hence blurry underwater shots. I did see many healthy hard corals. Mostly boulder shaped ones, but also many plate corals. There were also many small colonies on the artificial seawall. I didn&#39;t see any bleaching colonies. Kelvin and Russel spotted Mushroom corals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyHIsRBEXfRlcqLpUJX8v-HjvOrkZVhZxxvPZ5GFd7Phgr5hipjT_NQPGPujVcFN_M7e8-L7tN6CvOenQuKpQj2M2cQZ_KADPwe8gajVT-NlOO5RHupYq8muEqor2E_1vFCE02f3VcL7Kf6O9a40C6oMpIT2BxNePusODvGR2cz5yjgsd1lemYo3y3AuE/s400/FotoJet---2024-02-12T082243.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyHIsRBEXfRlcqLpUJX8v-HjvOrkZVhZxxvPZ5GFd7Phgr5hipjT_NQPGPujVcFN_M7e8-L7tN6CvOenQuKpQj2M2cQZ_KADPwe8gajVT-NlOO5RHupYq8muEqor2E_1vFCE02f3VcL7Kf6O9a40C6oMpIT2BxNePusODvGR2cz5yjgsd1lemYo3y3AuE/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-02-12T082243.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;First seen on our last survey in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/02/giant-clams-and-nemos-at-big-sisters.html&quot;&gt;Feb 2022&lt;/a&gt;, the large patch (about 10m x 5m) of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/acroporidae/monbranch.htm&quot;&gt;Branching montipora corals&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;in the middle of the large lagoon is still there. Though the&amp;nbsp; patch seems to be more sparse than on our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2023/01/paying-respects-to-our-big-sister.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Jan 2023&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;survey, the corals are still healthy looking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7kRfFqnWc1XiiqZvHMNgJroMY6rOhK4WYnnpqbZhrFFU2NT4UM7xbfxxCQwIHEJ_2ti4lizGQfU2VPjnixrh85RE7lMlWQRi3JjKHWDnVEKQZ_vjxdffLL1AGdtGJEt_v8p9-sUcbApJcAOSxlTLY1eKSXrswFVmr7epw7darotVHUxrPLYADaEvbPkE/s400/FotoJet---2024-02-12T073818.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7kRfFqnWc1XiiqZvHMNgJroMY6rOhK4WYnnpqbZhrFFU2NT4UM7xbfxxCQwIHEJ_2ti4lizGQfU2VPjnixrh85RE7lMlWQRi3JjKHWDnVEKQZ_vjxdffLL1AGdtGJEt_v8p9-sUcbApJcAOSxlTLY1eKSXrswFVmr7epw7darotVHUxrPLYADaEvbPkE/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-02-12T073818.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I saw a good variety of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralsoft/alcyoniidae.htm&quot;&gt;leathery soft corals&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;with some medium-sized healthy colonies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq1ROik4yjAvRgJ6wiQ3E60-uKu9cmVX3IDigiIegiaInfXrb8CyvcMse7If-NudoEB8ow-zp1A3vl3du5FrAIBDnusRCrmJsUw25gkfh1MNuVGxbb4gIEuswOX6A7wQYKaBWZHjJE9PW0vxcUTo1Mi1iEcw8xS7hRTqC1s5p7FJrc3zc3RQ-UG1y1bkA/s400/FotoJet---2024-02-12T083008.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq1ROik4yjAvRgJ6wiQ3E60-uKu9cmVX3IDigiIegiaInfXrb8CyvcMse7If-NudoEB8ow-zp1A3vl3du5FrAIBDnusRCrmJsUw25gkfh1MNuVGxbb4gIEuswOX6A7wQYKaBWZHjJE9PW0vxcUTo1Mi1iEcw8xS7hRTqC1s5p7FJrc3zc3RQ-UG1y1bkA/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-02-12T083008.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/gigantea.htm&quot;&gt;Giant carpet anemones&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;remain abundant - but I didn&#39;t see any with &#39;Nemo&#39;. I saw one&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/haddoni.htm&quot;&gt;Haddon&#39;s carpet anemone&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;with anemoneshrimp.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZa82Q5ATwXCYTn0wAadVWaLBINdE-hFsQ0aR9wC0l1MUHyziqQBigS7LcyAnS86LKyUt5DxJ4fUeqsxFqwoINluoKTdFqQFGkg-Qv3fESs_rn4WrUjitvX9oIsvbliA76a_rioK3IfSxFN1biinWmW26uSX_TCWQ8ml3P3WO4dtYrK4FIiB_8ynP52M/s400/FotoJet---2024-02-12T083413.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZa82Q5ATwXCYTn0wAadVWaLBINdE-hFsQ0aR9wC0l1MUHyziqQBigS7LcyAnS86LKyUt5DxJ4fUeqsxFqwoINluoKTdFqQFGkg-Qv3fESs_rn4WrUjitvX9oIsvbliA76a_rioK3IfSxFN1biinWmW26uSX_TCWQ8ml3P3WO4dtYrK4FIiB_8ynP52M/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-02-12T083413.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We only saw one &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/bivalvia/tridacnidae/squamosa.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Giant clam&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;today: the big (40cm) one in the big lagoon. It seems to be doing well. I nearly missed it as it was still submerged when I was near it, and hard to spot in the wind-ruffled waters. Kelvin took a better shot of it when the tide fell after sunset. In the highish water, I saw a small shark, some stingrays and other large fishes, but didn&#39;t get any photos.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqgl8BfNhluosO__PHDtm52OQtWG-FEKMdLDs1MphWwJEtvSvhyphenhyphentlROWD88aZbOOc2y2cp3vemzJ7XtLzl3iB3DXHNTxuCP1jdjinj2NENPlpIlO28d3IYe7Q28vQiS0CSJv0zxsocS2U1rOYAI9RVWHfyvcwIhvy-pPn8LdQGclCtqPdlBRM3L8DxNB8/s400/FotoJet---2024-02-12T075414.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;334&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;334&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqgl8BfNhluosO__PHDtm52OQtWG-FEKMdLDs1MphWwJEtvSvhyphenhyphentlROWD88aZbOOc2y2cp3vemzJ7XtLzl3iB3DXHNTxuCP1jdjinj2NENPlpIlO28d3IYe7Q28vQiS0CSJv0zxsocS2U1rOYAI9RVWHfyvcwIhvy-pPn8LdQGclCtqPdlBRM3L8DxNB8/w400-h334/FotoJet---2024-02-12T075414.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;More on the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://beta.nparks.gov.sg/visit/parks/park-detail/sisters-islands-marine-park/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;NParks website&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;about what you can see and do at our Sisters Islands Marine Park.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhosJnursZZO7p_bvoYbbQoc7omypGEI-aQ669WTrtZbU2C_qviLB15w0__j46vfj54EEtZkIZIrtRwkCJgntusXgnyyDpxaZk-WTPPnrEM2ocbOdAUKlVl-KBTn1cmkI29t65Gnx_zuKs5Yw97cqfROyVaRbFkUAn8DwBHqekUiGCyEDb5TtC9h0Nm6gQ/s788/Screenshot%202024-02-12%20085227.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;551&quot; data-original-width=&quot;788&quot; height=&quot;280&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhosJnursZZO7p_bvoYbbQoc7omypGEI-aQ669WTrtZbU2C_qviLB15w0__j46vfj54EEtZkIZIrtRwkCJgntusXgnyyDpxaZk-WTPPnrEM2ocbOdAUKlVl-KBTn1cmkI29t65Gnx_zuKs5Yw97cqfROyVaRbFkUAn8DwBHqekUiGCyEDb5TtC9h0Nm6gQ/w400-h280/Screenshot%202024-02-12%20085227.jpg&quot; 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While one of our nicest seagrass patches is growing at the mouth of a canal here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53520362552/in/dateposted-public/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53520362552_0e53bf4126_w.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;A small team surveyed this shore on a not-so-low tide and came across half a Stonefish, and a whole moray eel. Our artificial shores are very much alive!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The tide wasn&#39;t low enough to see the most dense coral growths near the sea wall. But peeking out of the water were many tough boulder-shaped corals. I didn&#39;t see any that were bleaching.The patch of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/acroporidae/monbranch.htm&quot;&gt;Branching montipora corals&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;are still there and seem to be doing well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7aO5K0MRoEv7oX4RgZfbTxrR6HDsfWbVx8ziKacEZEp1Mc7ZQo4GI_djSXpxFHGlVVN5Gj1vJBStK60Qu6JxajsLUZihG9-CPAE3hKfPXd-9QYpRPwGhJFTiIciqnY-n4_xw2O9I7OqvXzgAEMv4NC1_6OyfhUf8RAtZFOneiqC2GH83XdKf5XuCXts/s400/FotoJet---2024-02-11T064653.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7aO5K0MRoEv7oX4RgZfbTxrR6HDsfWbVx8ziKacEZEp1Mc7ZQo4GI_djSXpxFHGlVVN5Gj1vJBStK60Qu6JxajsLUZihG9-CPAE3hKfPXd-9QYpRPwGhJFTiIciqnY-n4_xw2O9I7OqvXzgAEMv4NC1_6OyfhUf8RAtZFOneiqC2GH83XdKf5XuCXts/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-02-11T064653.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;As usual, it&#39;s a little hard to spot animals in broad daylight, and it was hot in the beginning. But we saw half a Stonefish (its body was eaten and only the head remained). Kelvin spotted a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/734420111/videos/a.10169198519290112/398894276128705&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;moray eel&lt;/a&gt; in the seawall. There were the usual common marine life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpSbjpSkVuB26VeO0T83X7sXoYXrMScFpWmlDc5lJsUe3WlVgrOlwpSwPqn0B9GLsumQ2Pvc4WoPYE7zA9PyTjEMPI0Lebs3UKcmQMEUYoqArSNVno70cBANkY7Zsuz2cfIf3wPGUUfHivvnVhaMALOsj0tzcptno3Ee_XAEc55I4s2cC2922lNgs-qZo/s400/FotoJet---2024-02-11T075145.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpSbjpSkVuB26VeO0T83X7sXoYXrMScFpWmlDc5lJsUe3WlVgrOlwpSwPqn0B9GLsumQ2Pvc4WoPYE7zA9PyTjEMPI0Lebs3UKcmQMEUYoqArSNVno70cBANkY7Zsuz2cfIf3wPGUUfHivvnVhaMALOsj0tzcptno3Ee_XAEc55I4s2cC2922lNgs-qZo/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-02-11T075145.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Most photos by Kelvin Yong.&lt;br /&gt;Link to his album below.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Kelvin&#39;s video of the moray eel in the sea wall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allow=&quot;autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;314&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; src=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&amp;amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fyongszeyuenkelvin%2Fvideos%2F398894276128705%2F&amp;amp;show_text=false&amp;amp;width=560&amp;amp;t=0&quot; style=&quot;border: none; overflow: hidden;&quot; width=&quot;560&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;One of the nicest patch of seagrasses in Singapore is at the mouth of this canal at East Coast Park! Almost all the seagrass species for Singapore can be found here. And they grow very lush and healthily, green and fresh without much epiphytes, leaves long and not cropped. As in the past, I saw &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/ovalis.htm&quot;&gt;Spoon seagrass&lt;/a&gt; (large and small leaves - a small patch in the canal was bleaching); &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/halodule.htm&quot;&gt;Needle seagrass&lt;/a&gt; (broad and narrow leaves); &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/syringodium.htm&quot;&gt;Noodle seagrass&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/rotundata.htm&quot;&gt;Smooth ribbon seagrass&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/serrulata.htm&quot;&gt;Serrated ribbon seagrass&lt;/a&gt; and lots of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/enhalus.htm&quot;&gt;Tape seagrass&lt;/a&gt; with long leaves. Some Tape seagrasses had male and female flowers. I didn&#39;t see&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/thalassia.htm&quot;&gt;Sickle seagrass&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;today. Unfortunately, today I didn&#39;t see many animals among the seagrasses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsW0a38qvpNwlDgM0HsU0wd5JW_QYPo3C5mxiyGjLCpULs1JHoXyx2Z6rCVgtEYdN83-GkPRKoQ1pCtNyXktEyDqkK8T3ux_GkD9pgKOmF6uap9cTfQi6S2nDNv_Wm2YLAUR7iuZhrIT2W7rnK1M9V0MQjck5bAmK2naj4msRrxMmmmTf_iOzGQxSknlY/s400/FotoJet---2024-02-11T070038.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsW0a38qvpNwlDgM0HsU0wd5JW_QYPo3C5mxiyGjLCpULs1JHoXyx2Z6rCVgtEYdN83-GkPRKoQ1pCtNyXktEyDqkK8T3ux_GkD9pgKOmF6uap9cTfQi6S2nDNv_Wm2YLAUR7iuZhrIT2W7rnK1M9V0MQjck5bAmK2naj4msRrxMmmmTf_iOzGQxSknlY/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-02-11T070038.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This Lunar New Year holiday, many people were enjoying the waters. From windsurfing to fishing. The rich seagrass meadows and reefs make this a great spot for cast fishing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53521405833/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Cast net fishing at East Coast Park&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Cast net fishing at East Coast Park&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53521405833_503a85dcd4_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;There were also many traps laid into the canal from the bridge and along the sides of the canal. I also saw a very old abandoned net.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZvkaF7Ejx4OFPw5dcUC1nL28NNWZvpswmDKXm3TS7Xzy9SqYOpn6GuNxrmy7ST5fwkAiwL7ZJXDm-yDT_qdzX8Jlo_6oPH85hmii_EABbV7P9OoiMcToo_TskJhalQRuXjYOqoUR4RmSt2RXCDRWr30afahMwAV5VXLtpV3ZB_jvIdo0fz9XuSsppFU/s400/FotoJet---2024-02-11T063151.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZvkaF7Ejx4OFPw5dcUC1nL28NNWZvpswmDKXm3TS7Xzy9SqYOpn6GuNxrmy7ST5fwkAiwL7ZJXDm-yDT_qdzX8Jlo_6oPH85hmii_EABbV7P9OoiMcToo_TskJhalQRuXjYOqoUR4RmSt2RXCDRWr30afahMwAV5VXLtpV3ZB_jvIdo0fz9XuSsppFU/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-02-11T063151.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;We saw large piles of sand, and a large work site behind green unmarked hoarding in the area between Changi Coast Walk, Tanah Merah Coast Road and the Park Connector (red star on map).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-GeS_tZS1_U_9Im4eijK4TNDuI_xPAhmWOGvM0mHrmslSpj3gw60N5tKt3oQR27krlgMQt-t_fBjBwD-6uMQLINvflUAkt_A84BCc7_PHPJzQDNozPNkHs2JnqEknIDkPOAIxrmyi26Zknn-C3bsxQ572byL08ta4KWMzvn6o1FPPODOIWAEjFGP7YY/s400/FotoJet---2024-02-11T062056.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-GeS_tZS1_U_9Im4eijK4TNDuI_xPAhmWOGvM0mHrmslSpj3gw60N5tKt3oQR27krlgMQt-t_fBjBwD-6uMQLINvflUAkt_A84BCc7_PHPJzQDNozPNkHs2JnqEknIDkPOAIxrmyi26Zknn-C3bsxQ572byL08ta4KWMzvn6o1FPPODOIWAEjFGP7YY/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-02-11T062056.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Where did these corals come from?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The babies of these corals are from Singapore reefs! This chart shared in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/06/space-for-our-dreams-lots-of-land.html&quot;&gt;Long-Term Plan Review&lt;/a&gt; shows coral larvae (babies) dispersal in our waters from mass coral spawning. This highlights the importance of protecting our &#39;mother reefs&#39; so that they can continue to produce babies that settle all along our shoreline.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieD4e1tx90CZUe32VOrMEBY_DVOg52eHMVXqjFPWBw1YisBbxYKN_YobqMkQoIvfEfjOne3YAMU-7j9WmwNBzG3_Zog2egthRSiTTwTFAti_68dpjn7KlsFS6M6b1cqGyfO-qNbwoGsQH0KGQs8FbdIow3bTHA2hrG5GuHVAuX7TtfyQIvgW50kQ11/s400/agenttool-lowres.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieD4e1tx90CZUe32VOrMEBY_DVOg52eHMVXqjFPWBw1YisBbxYKN_YobqMkQoIvfEfjOne3YAMU-7j9WmwNBzG3_Zog2egthRSiTTwTFAti_68dpjn7KlsFS6M6b1cqGyfO-qNbwoGsQH0KGQs8FbdIow3bTHA2hrG5GuHVAuX7TtfyQIvgW50kQ11/w400-h196/agenttool-lowres.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is the fate of these shores?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These shores lie west of Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal and are slated for massive reclamation outlined recently in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/06/space-for-our-dreams-lots-of-land.html&quot;&gt;Long-Term Plan Review&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCgJ8Yoi0mKzddn4b-UP3jkmcHrATV09TJcoTFgfhVAXBhav5BCS730LzB26wSnliwDjE6-GxyZTWIPoQgSzhg6jhhu_UrnNQPuBjjZkK_MJzSt8T8G5BmMrh8LLBv1jYBizTFZW3bHucPizL7kWjl1_Yh2AU83_zfweJcN3WJFhBGIW3idIqVFJj/s400/tmft-lowrest.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCgJ8Yoi0mKzddn4b-UP3jkmcHrATV09TJcoTFgfhVAXBhav5BCS730LzB26wSnliwDjE6-GxyZTWIPoQgSzhg6jhhu_UrnNQPuBjjZkK_MJzSt8T8G5BmMrh8LLBv1jYBizTFZW3bHucPizL7kWjl1_Yh2AU83_zfweJcN3WJFhBGIW3idIqVFJj/w400-h348/tmft-lowrest.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Technical studies for &#39;Long Island&#39; 800ha reclamation off the East Coast were &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2023/11/technical-studies-into-long-island-off.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;recently announced to begin.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFN_Hqp-N26ZmbFskjFe4GbAwSeb_vR5WbHqJnFG44mUvtw5ml2U4STUEAuXVo5rgq-_KgCEslc4rnaOJ0SQ15XZa_7Dj7Ox_mcPXj5LQYxoEELTyV6iel_qs_1e7Pq2boU3h6brAb48HuUPI-TPKO2NsnPKhyGIP66AV8rBCJo_fRaesPPL7lvTZgd18/w400-h228/Screenshot%202023-11-28%20164523.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Natural regeneration on Singapore&#39;s artificial shores and structures is already happening now. Unintentionally, with zero replanting. Can we plan coastal works to allow reefs, mangroves and seagrasses to naturally regenerate? Naturalise canals leading to the sea for a continuum of freshwater wetlands to mangroves? Imagine what&#39;s possible! Reefs and natural marine ecosystems at our doorstep, for all in the City to enjoy. More about this idea in my feedback to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/08/lush-seagrasses-and-coral-garden-at.html#&quot;&gt;Draft Master Plan 2013&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Singapore Blue Plan 2018&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out the Sinapore Blue Plan 2018 which outlines community recommendations for all these shores. DOWNLOAD the Plan, SUPPORT the Plan! More on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://singaporeblueplan2018.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Singapore Blue Plan 2018 site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;See these and other East Coast shores for yourself&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&#39;s fun and easy to explore these shores. More details in &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2021/12/east-coast-park-surprising-intertidal.html&quot;&gt;East Coast Park - Surprising intertidal adventures for the family&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53521377691/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living shores at East Coast Park (PCN), Aug 2023&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living shores at East Coast Park (PCN), Aug 2023&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53521377691_50944ec91b_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;script async=&quot;&quot; charset=&quot;utf-8&quot; src=&quot;//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our short survey ended with a refreshing rain shower. We hope the shores stay safe until we can visit again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Photos by others on the survey&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/yongszeyuenkelvin/posts/pfbid02tP6pGcaPUfCURR4tFQK9D427WkGjLY3uMiLw96wUqR1dnvi5Px9bb5ofu1xszPR8l?__cft__[0]=AZUPBXPV4r_k55W_AACdeSFFuUkBa7c65lz1L4sta1ugbyMVuValktieXabk2vEU38DbeyIPw5SqKkjmgSpla2SEYMCF7VH7wwhCzUWJY60i11sjsuPDuv185_soqExLb8c&amp;amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Kelvin Yong&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe allow=&quot;autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;652&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; src=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fyongszeyuenkelvin%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02tP6pGcaPUfCURR4tFQK9D427WkGjLY3uMiLw96wUqR1dnvi5Px9bb5ofu1xszPR8l&amp;amp;show_text=true&amp;amp;width=500&quot; style=&quot;border: none; overflow: hidden;&quot; width=&quot;500&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/nasry.null/posts/pfbid028pxsnszzZKqaYQ6bbxfXUAUYH9rguN2JtMugaJx44cxJeBdQf65rF9TXwCLrEjAil?__cft__[0]=AZXatjXRKowPJsthxJQ9pVDMgBqpMNjlAn_yX2tG3G_He7pvT01VcECJ1G_JV9b4U86YbyCOS90QOjnAwRAIaaS5lSh3xTp89nLuoQgStRfMslzrVTGsJeNVHpkXgPDdsnSubLFwHHZamMS0TOTK9kbig7bZZPoGzWaf1hIaSFz_dA&amp;amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Muhd Nasry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe allow=&quot;autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;767&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; src=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fnasry.null%2Fposts%2Fpfbid028pxsnszzZKqaYQ6bbxfXUAUYH9rguN2JtMugaJx44cxJeBdQf65rF9TXwCLrEjAil&amp;amp;show_text=true&amp;amp;width=500&quot; style=&quot;border: none; overflow: hidden;&quot; width=&quot;500&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/tommy.arden.5/posts/pfbid05bZvCZHi237rWSVGELdVhJgpoXhzyNX6KyAk92G6hxooLcZ5gw6Bf2ugzH7TLN7Dl?__cft__[0]=AZVRxY56InOeFX4wmcwxEr33YnXJte_K4TvcBuMHzbvYc0pEL1WC5O9UwoXsTChKHeFmqQVcTSmrQlMxrAw7YjpoDNDYZOExqox2PmLCr7xSqk3eAczJs_l2RBto4tR-xEYP6tvRFYvrF9izuBenmAQlb1YOqwjeplbd9sfP4Ws1Mg&amp;amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tommy Arden&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe src=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ftommy.arden.5%2Fposts%2Fpfbid05bZvCZHi237rWSVGELdVhJgpoXhzyNX6KyAk92G6hxooLcZ5gw6Bf2ugzH7TLN7Dl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;771&quot; style=&quot;border:none;overflow:hidden&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; allow=&quot;autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Others on the survey: Tommy Arden, Phoebe Zhou Huixin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1205213507887679505/posts/default/6551147632342823963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1205213507887679505/posts/default/6551147632342823963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildshores.blogspot.com/2024/02/east-coast-briefly-with-half-stonefish.html' title='East Coast briefly - with half a Stonefish'/><author><name>Ria Tan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09770926654830427210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiiWjmxuACQhACMytytupw7dSG5Xq7Okf_KmetgEL6FricUkyjLENRiH4QDyt1ADv87695XJopE4QpyEeK-mZ-Lcbr8P0gNjkLTO08O4fw8qa8bPUyo3wtZqtvM2tJQ/s117/wildsing.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7aO5K0MRoEv7oX4RgZfbTxrR6HDsfWbVx8ziKacEZEp1Mc7ZQo4GI_djSXpxFHGlVVN5Gj1vJBStK60Qu6JxajsLUZihG9-CPAE3hKfPXd-9QYpRPwGhJFTiIciqnY-n4_xw2O9I7OqvXzgAEMv4NC1_6OyfhUf8RAtZFOneiqC2GH83XdKf5XuCXts/s72-w400-h400-c/FotoJet---2024-02-11T064653.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205213507887679505.post-1913618857029084520</id><published>2024-01-27T15:53:00.004+08:00</published><updated>2024-03-11T11:58:23.949+08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="issues-reclamation"/><title type='text'>Reclamation at Pulau Sudong</title><content type='html'>31ha reclamation at East Pulau Sudong will result in loss of corals, seagrass and mangroves. These are likely to affect submerged reefs nearby.&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7v5dy9oKDXIuXnHnpBQHalNTk1nEMYbQqpeQwu-q9BJxY1_D1sjkD4g3PIiWZDkiLoR34W6gjiAQm3EJp1zkgP2AQMApNSEcYnIGtmPf8Mo_QPjsNz0W8Aexj843-wBXj0YvazQLhyphenhyphenH-u6HOszM7v4pJXZXIfuwRkRk7pC1hmMrf98SRX1nwcrSe7aSY/s1055/sudong%20reclamation.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;608&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1055&quot; height=&quot;230&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7v5dy9oKDXIuXnHnpBQHalNTk1nEMYbQqpeQwu-q9BJxY1_D1sjkD4g3PIiWZDkiLoR34W6gjiAQm3EJp1zkgP2AQMApNSEcYnIGtmPf8Mo_QPjsNz0W8Aexj843-wBXj0YvazQLhyphenhyphenH-u6HOszM7v4pJXZXIfuwRkRk7pC1hmMrf98SRX1nwcrSe7aSY/w400-h230/sudong%20reclamation.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;A more detailed biodiversity management plan will be drawn up with the National Parks Board before reclamation works begin. Planned mitigating measures include relocation. As well as habitat restoration after reclamation is completed by 2028. To better support biodiversity and hasten nature’s recolonisation, bio-tiles may be installed on the sea walls.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;More land to be reclaimed off Pulau Sudong; works will lead to loss of marine habitats: Report&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/more-land-to-be-reclaimed-off-pulau-sudong-works-will-result-in-loss-of-marine-habitats-report&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Straits Times&lt;/a&gt;, Cheryl Tan, 27 Jan 2024&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SINGAPORE – Reclamation works are planned to begin to the east of Pulau Sudong from 2024 to upgrade its existing runway for military aircraft – a development that could result in the loss of 2ha of coral reefs, as well as seagrass habitats and swathes of mangrove forests.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To mitigate the environmental impact of the project, the authorities will relocate rare and vulnerable species, and carry out habitat restoration works once the proposed reclamation is completed by 2028, said the Housing Board on Jan 26.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;About 31.1 ha of land – the size of 43 football fields – will be reclaimed on the eastern part of the island, which has been gazetted for military use since the 1970s. This is so that the emergency runway can be upgraded, which will improve flight safety, especially during bad weather, HDB said in response to queries from The Straits Times.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A new sea-wall revetment, or retaining wall, will also be constructed around the periphery of the reclaimed area.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;An environmental impact assessment report completed by environmental consultant DHI for the authorities quantified the potential habitat losses from the proposed reclamation, and recommended a number of measures to mitigate its impact.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The reclamation works will result in habitat loss – including 2ha of coral reefs, or about 1.8 per cent of Singapore’s overall coral reef cover; about 17.28ha of intertidal habitat; and 71.91ha of soft seabed habitat, where marine worms, crabs and marine snails typically reside, the report noted.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The intertidal zone – which includes rocky shores, seagrass meadows, sandy beaches and mangroves – is home to a wide diversity of marine species, some of which are vulnerable or rare in Singapore.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also to be lost in the process are some 229 mangrove trees, or 1.46ha of mangrove forest, which are home to mangrove species like the Rhizophora stylosa and the Ceriops tagal, the report said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The seed dispersal abilities of the surviving mangroves could also be affected, underlining the need for the remaining species to be well-protected, the report noted.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Through surveys that were conducted from 2016 to 2017, and from December 2022 to January 2023, 83 different species of marine fauna were recorded across the affected intertidal areas, a number of which have been listed as vulnerable, according to the report.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;These include the blue-spotted fantail ray, the white spotted bamboo shark, and the tomato anemonefish. Rare hard coral species were also recorded, like the open brain coral (Trachyphyllia geoffroyi), the mole mushroom coral (Polphyllia talpina) and the ten ray star coral (Madracis kirbyi).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;While the loss of seagrass habitats and small marine creatures could have an indirect impact on animals like dolphins and dugongs, there were no sightings of these marine animals when the surveys were conducted.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;HDB said a range of mitigation measures will be implemented to minimise the impact on the ecology and biodiversity in the area.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To mitigate the environmental impact of the reclamation works, rare and uncommon coral species are recommended to be transplanted to surrounding islands such as Pulau Hantu, Pulau Semakau and Sisters’ Islands, said the report.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Threatened fauna residing in the intertidal zone can be relocated to the northern lagoon of Pulau Sudong, which is unaffected by the reclamation works, or to surrounding islands.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To save the mangroves, the report recommended that the remaining mangrove propagules, or seeds, be collected and transplanted to suitable nature areas like the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve or Pulau Ubin.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A more detailed biodiversity management plan will be drawn up in consultation with the National Parks Board before reclamation works begin.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once the construction works are completed, key coral fragments can then be transplanted onto the sea walls, while mangrove saplings and seagrass can be transplanted to the eastern lagoon of the island as part of habitat restoration efforts.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To better support biodiversity and hasten nature’s recolonisation, bio-tiles can be installed for the sea walls, which better help to support marine life. Bio-tiles are usually made with environmentally friendly materials, and typically have small holes or crevices to encourage biodiversity to accrete.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Environmental monitoring has been recommended to track the health and survival of the corals in their new habitats.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Associate Professor Huang Danwei, from the National University of Singapore’s Tropical Marine Science Institute, noted that studies on the marine ecosystems of Pulau Sudong have been very limited since it has been out of bounds for years to researchers and the public.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;However, some of the vulnerable species found on the island are similar to the ones found around Raffles Lighthouse – an area also left untouched by development, and which continues to host some of the healthiest coral reefs in Singapore, he added.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Research collections of coral specimens on Pulau Sudong since the 1960s suggest that the reefs host high biodiversity, and have a relatively high representation of staghorn corals, which are much less common on most other offshore islands in Singapore.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;These stony coral species have been wiped out over the years amid reclamation and development, and should therefore be prioritised for transplantation and rehabilitation; otherwise, they could potentially become locally extinct, Prof Huang added.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the 1970s, about 242.82ha of land was reclaimed around Pulau Sudong, drastically expanding the size of the island.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Its inhabitants were made to move to the mainland as the island was earmarked for redevelopment, with Pulau Semakau and Pulau Seking enduring a similar fate.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since then, Pulau Sudong has become a military live-firing zone, while Pulau Semakau and Pulau Seking were connected to form Semakau Landfill.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mr Muhammad Nasry, executive director of the Singapore Youth Voices for Biodiversity, said many military live-firing areas serve a secondary function of conservation, so any loss in habitat will naturally be major.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But he noted that the Changi beach intertidal area, for instance, is now a thriving spot for biodiversity featuring seagrass meadows, despite its relatively recent reclamation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Trialling innovative strategies, like different types of textured biodiversity tiles, can help NParks to better determine ideal structures to promote habitat restoration. This would be extremely useful for planning larger-scale reclamation projects like the upcoming Long Island,” he said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He added that it will take time for replanted mangroves to serve the same ecological functions as the original ones, as mangrove saplings take years to grow.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, seagrasses need certain conditions such as having clear water for effective photosynthesis and suitable sediment to grow well, he said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As these critical habitats are relatively understudied, long-term changes to the hydrology of the site should be carefully considered to ensure conditions are ideal for their recolonisation, he added.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1205213507887679505/posts/default/1913618857029084520'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1205213507887679505/posts/default/1913618857029084520'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildshores.blogspot.com/2024/01/reclamation-at-pulau-sudong.html' title='Reclamation at Pulau Sudong'/><author><name>Ria Tan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09770926654830427210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiiWjmxuACQhACMytytupw7dSG5Xq7Okf_KmetgEL6FricUkyjLENRiH4QDyt1ADv87695XJopE4QpyEeK-mZ-Lcbr8P0gNjkLTO08O4fw8qa8bPUyo3wtZqtvM2tJQ/s117/wildsing.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7v5dy9oKDXIuXnHnpBQHalNTk1nEMYbQqpeQwu-q9BJxY1_D1sjkD4g3PIiWZDkiLoR34W6gjiAQm3EJp1zkgP2AQMApNSEcYnIGtmPf8Mo_QPjsNz0W8Aexj843-wBXj0YvazQLhyphenhyphenH-u6HOszM7v4pJXZXIfuwRkRk7pC1hmMrf98SRX1nwcrSe7aSY/s72-w400-h230-c/sudong%20reclamation.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205213507887679505.post-4940643553135936515</id><published>2024-01-14T08:22:00.084+08:00</published><updated>2024-02-07T15:49:41.047+08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="field-trips"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="kusu"/><title type='text'>Kusu Island with sea krait!</title><content type='html'> This rich shore lies just opposite the Central Business District, less than half an hour away by fast boat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53464820010/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living reefs of Kusu Island, Jan 2024&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living reefs of Kusu Island, Jan 2024&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53464820010_3c8972e512_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The reefs seem to be well and the team get a rare glimpse of a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/vertebrates/snakes/laticauda.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Yellow-lipped sea krait&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/gastropoda/conidae/conidae.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;cone snail&lt;/a&gt; and other interesting marine life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;For the last 10 years or so, we see&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/vertebrates/snakes/laticauda.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Yellow-lipped sea krait&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;less often that we used to. The last time we saw one in Kusu Island was in 2017. I worry that this might be because they have lost&amp;nbsp;their breeding area - these snakes breed on coral atolls and rocky islets where they may gather in large groups to do so. The reef flat at Pulau Sudong used to be a well known nesting ground for the snake until it was reclaimed. The mother snake lays 5-9/7-13 eggs, in caves and grottos. So it was wonderful that Kelvin spotted this snake again today. This gentle snake will not harm if it is left alone. Che Cheng spotted a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/gastropoda/conidae/conidae.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;cone snail&lt;/a&gt;!&amp;nbsp;Lee Kiang spotted a fish which at first I thought was a dragonet, but a closer look at the photo shows it is clearly not. Still a mystery for now.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGjwv-zfv5sbE1Bc7Dl7NfUW5fB4MwNFpNQ1iXhw1jv89snJgZTe72m1o9raR225WAipDIFx5DszzJW3owpYIXEYreHbdkz_MQ_EHC8zrF-SKW6qL0RGMfOjJ0yRrJG2GKBADepgM6zsbrgJlEhUXHBUu7SF9sh0TeK73K0JsQAs6MSD95XWSXX9l-I-g/s400/FotoJet---2024-01-15T090521.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGjwv-zfv5sbE1Bc7Dl7NfUW5fB4MwNFpNQ1iXhw1jv89snJgZTe72m1o9raR225WAipDIFx5DszzJW3owpYIXEYreHbdkz_MQ_EHC8zrF-SKW6qL0RGMfOjJ0yRrJG2GKBADepgM6zsbrgJlEhUXHBUu7SF9sh0TeK73K0JsQAs6MSD95XWSXX9l-I-g/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-01-15T090521.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Photo by Kelvin Yong&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The rest of the team saw slugs and interesting fishes. There were also octopuses. On an undisturbed island, there is often lots of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/crustacea/othercrust/anomura/hermit/coenobita.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Land hermit crabs&lt;/a&gt;! Apparently the dark purple ones are a different species from the more brownish ones, but they sure party together when night falls! Also lots of crabs of all kinds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAY2iWpFvCX2ajC2pYucB0-o9wuEpsgXT1yr4SjKe6PjIRK5Flm7vWo0xNGa6dNvvyG-ytDwx2kiAdBdptKdfw3STTml78tVKs-zrVLCCRdDh2OVvPmNGm069kwtYUWSgtsJIEM5Z6-RVJa8E7WUvLwsm38zzHFPa3QO3zVvn1Sb6jgaGU7TOucdjx6yE/s400/FotoJet---2024-01-15T092223.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAY2iWpFvCX2ajC2pYucB0-o9wuEpsgXT1yr4SjKe6PjIRK5Flm7vWo0xNGa6dNvvyG-ytDwx2kiAdBdptKdfw3STTml78tVKs-zrVLCCRdDh2OVvPmNGm069kwtYUWSgtsJIEM5Z6-RVJa8E7WUvLwsm38zzHFPa3QO3zVvn1Sb6jgaGU7TOucdjx6yE/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-01-15T092223.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Collage of photos by the rest of the team.&lt;br /&gt;Links to their albums below.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Outside the sea wall, there were still lots of corals. The tide wasn&#39;t very low today so I couldn&#39;t get see whether the rare corals are still there. But I saw many boulder-shaped corals, some were doing well, others had dead portions on the top. I didn&#39;t see any bleaching corals: species that usually bleach first were doing well. On the jetty legs, there were lots of bright yellow&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/dendrophylliidae/tubastrea.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cave corals&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;that grow in dark places.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9cjrYYOYD-TYJIjTtrF-W7vpZtPQaAhGGLWBK0kDea0b4huIYDZZSPytVu0jX57Jlaw0KehwddiVL6ZrejkYvI_M_x07UImLn9AbLj5YFeD3RaiwU6FLxWsnamk9AZB0RZXM8fvglAEGd96dkh6p6l3LkZBd5rEylHMOP676xqhbpI464tD3upR0T3fw/s400/FotoJet---2024-01-15T082945.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9cjrYYOYD-TYJIjTtrF-W7vpZtPQaAhGGLWBK0kDea0b4huIYDZZSPytVu0jX57Jlaw0KehwddiVL6ZrejkYvI_M_x07UImLn9AbLj5YFeD3RaiwU6FLxWsnamk9AZB0RZXM8fvglAEGd96dkh6p6l3LkZBd5rEylHMOP676xqhbpI464tD3upR0T3fw/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-01-15T082945.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Inside the lagoon, the situation seems similar to our last survey in &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/05/kusu-island-doing-well.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;May 2022&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2023/09/kusu-island-still-splendid.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Sep 2023&lt;/a&gt;. The field of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/acroporidae/monbranch.htm&quot;&gt;Branching montipora corals&lt;/a&gt; inside the lagoon is still doing alright. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53464536693/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Branching montipora coral (Montipora sp.)&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Branching montipora coral (Montipora sp.)&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53464536693_2e793d4d20_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I also saw large colonies of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralsoft/alcyoniidae.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Leathery soft corals&lt;/a&gt; of various kinds. As well as many &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralsoft/nepasparagus.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Asparagus flowery soft corals&lt;/a&gt;. None that I saw were bleaching.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEityvgzARzZhYBgiLsjgp7qPREtcsxhyDW-dKP7HHZTZLNKOB9frcL_9TWL3MRU9f4-9070gyntPStC6_t8JZviTEufrLtsDZuZDrDLmgxQvznRJW2V-AO6darunZxmJLZAERFYcqvfadhQl8bX1QWob5XmyM9aArUUtjEFlyMMYTMLjRMLEChNfBvX1Lg/s400/FotoJet---2024-01-15T083607.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEityvgzARzZhYBgiLsjgp7qPREtcsxhyDW-dKP7HHZTZLNKOB9frcL_9TWL3MRU9f4-9070gyntPStC6_t8JZviTEufrLtsDZuZDrDLmgxQvznRJW2V-AO6darunZxmJLZAERFYcqvfadhQl8bX1QWob5XmyM9aArUUtjEFlyMMYTMLjRMLEChNfBvX1Lg/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-01-15T083607.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;As on my last survey in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/05/kusu-island-doing-well.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;May 2022&lt;/a&gt;, there is still a high level of sand at the mouth of the northern lagoon. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/magnifica.htm&quot;&gt;Magnificent anemones&lt;/a&gt; used to be plentiful at the mouth - they have move out east of the mouth. They are also now abundant on the reefy area inside the lagoon. I also saw few &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/gigantea.htm&quot;&gt;Giant carpet anemones&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/actinodendron.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Fire anemones&lt;/a&gt; and a very large &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/others/jellyfish/upsidedown.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Upside-down jellyfish&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbM6DmeZHHusKxpWOqXgNYF0rYdPEcxrAS7kx9JJcQXnL7Z1gYTGvb9s7uCSAh2lJdYB4IMs3R1itZA-7EyeRQ4HfxeckK2nlYn5aEE5-zh8i_hezVwk7vYp5rxqpvy0lEAhIAKY1qM994iN3gSJ44NUJMgUjVtdW98Ngrw562lm0HZRu2ajgk9-oTxL8/s400/FotoJet---2024-01-15T084025.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbM6DmeZHHusKxpWOqXgNYF0rYdPEcxrAS7kx9JJcQXnL7Z1gYTGvb9s7uCSAh2lJdYB4IMs3R1itZA-7EyeRQ4HfxeckK2nlYn5aEE5-zh8i_hezVwk7vYp5rxqpvy0lEAhIAKY1qM994iN3gSJ44NUJMgUjVtdW98Ngrw562lm0HZRu2ajgk9-oTxL8/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-01-15T084025.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is the future of Kusu Island?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The cluster of Kusu, Lazarus and St. John&#39;s Islands has been recommended by the Singapore Blue Plan 2018 for elevated protection status.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53464396721/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living reefs of Kusu Island, Jan 2024&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living reefs of Kusu Island, Jan 2024&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53464396721_26ec5744f6_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The Blue Plan highlights that Lazarus, St. John’s, and Kusu Islands are established sites for coral nurseries as their shoreline offers ideal sheltered areas for growth of corals. Designating these islands as No-fishing Areas can bolster their rehabilitation. Protecting a larger cluster of islands means zonation plans for use can be implemented to manage tourism and human impacts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DOWNLOAD the Plan, SUPPORT the Plan! 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href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53462082906/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Seagrasses at Seringat-Kias lagoon, Jan 2024&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Seagrasses at Seringat-Kias lagoon, Jan 2024&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53462082906_509a4b4283_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Seagrasses are still growing well at the artificial lagoon, and the natural coastal forest at Lazarus still okay. The shores seem quieter than in the past, but we didn&#39;t see any bleaching corals or mass deaths.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;We start the survey on the rocky southern tip of Lazarus. As usual, there aren&#39;t many hard corals. Most&amp;nbsp;were boulder shaped, I didn&#39;t see any that were bleaching. On the rocky shore facing Kusu Island, there are still lots of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralsoft/nepasparagus.htm&quot;&gt;Asparagus flowery soft corals&lt;/a&gt;. I saw the usual animals common on our reefy rocky shores: the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/crustacea/crab/eriphiidae/ferox.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Ferocious reef crab&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/slugs/nudibranchia/funebris.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Jorunna nudibranch&lt;/a&gt;. But I sense the shore was quieter than on our last survey in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/11/dragon-explosion-at-seringat-kias.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Nov 2022&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTytKY9Obv0rS3XyZRFipPBihvNRDmgc-_m4GfSnIJ7-Oo3way3HrM4aeDLjaLMo9N8M_6S0YuiKwi2Xah_IAe4PSpJ8tYZ3bUBUSebkCdZZpuJKIQXfH_XXqJ8l_jx0obAVTGARkjLtPCZ_2n5mEYe-ek5evIzeG9sC0oFo6E3qnlz9qwXT82i7Zabrs/s400/FotoJet---2024-01-14T075847.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTytKY9Obv0rS3XyZRFipPBihvNRDmgc-_m4GfSnIJ7-Oo3way3HrM4aeDLjaLMo9N8M_6S0YuiKwi2Xah_IAe4PSpJ8tYZ3bUBUSebkCdZZpuJKIQXfH_XXqJ8l_jx0obAVTGARkjLtPCZ_2n5mEYe-ek5evIzeG9sC0oFo6E3qnlz9qwXT82i7Zabrs/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-01-14T075847.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Lazarus has among the last of our natural coastal forests growing on its natural cliffs. The forest looks okay, although there seems to have been a small landslide with bare slope and fallen trees at the base.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBbYFVgoYyyY5tIb72_nHvjwImPxowE44pqjYCBP5-BAFMzaTEIqsP0ednqI0aHH-0NeocT-0tOw2I2Khd56xlkShFVAezyksgpGNRG3oXYbMCZTbsSo-ZGOrC_seOsK0bTEoHlFxawpdlcHKknpeVLyDAhlrsSlXSYdnWeMsnm7fDHh6YfaoI7O2ggPo/s400/FotoJet---2024-01-14T074755.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBbYFVgoYyyY5tIb72_nHvjwImPxowE44pqjYCBP5-BAFMzaTEIqsP0ednqI0aHH-0NeocT-0tOw2I2Khd56xlkShFVAezyksgpGNRG3oXYbMCZTbsSo-ZGOrC_seOsK0bTEoHlFxawpdlcHKknpeVLyDAhlrsSlXSYdnWeMsnm7fDHh6YfaoI7O2ggPo/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-01-14T074755.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;My main mission on this rocky shore was to check up on the Critically Endangered &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/coastal/caesalpinia/bonduc.htm&quot;&gt;Bonduc&lt;/a&gt;. It was badly chewed up with hardly any leaves on it in &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2021/03/return-to-lazarus-after-decade.html&quot;&gt;Mar 2021&lt;/a&gt;, but had recovered in &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/11/dragon-explosion-at-seringat-kias.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Nov 2022&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;Today, it seems to have grown larger and was flowering and in good health.&amp;nbsp;This is a very prickly bad-tempered plant! Its fierce hooks will catch onto clothing (or bare skin!) and are hard to dislodge. There are only a few plants known in the wild in Singapore. The one on Lazarus is a male plant, I have seen the &lt;a href=&quot;http://wildshores.blogspot.sg/2011/06/rare-mangroves-at-pulau-semakau-and-sea.html&quot;&gt;female plant on Pulau Semakau&lt;/a&gt;. Another special plant there is a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/others/ficus/consociata.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Brown-scurfy fig&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and it is still doing well, producing figs. I also saw some intriguing ferns.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheGTn3fJqqR3v4ViPuU5XDHcnzKtN8pAUO7iB5zbvyhHniBxfhWa15Zx-9JceDzPa2FSCx5nTQ3ipsALEVdiItKD6EIMFdpntvSsmnjhjY_LOVw2sAGaEx0FevF8WVJNSdxt9j-2bguhlXTKEnTt3peD8E1w07q3eMVLpp26SoA0-mtETD5ZJ0gs1Pycs/s400/FotoJet---2024-01-14T074518.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheGTn3fJqqR3v4ViPuU5XDHcnzKtN8pAUO7iB5zbvyhHniBxfhWa15Zx-9JceDzPa2FSCx5nTQ3ipsALEVdiItKD6EIMFdpntvSsmnjhjY_LOVw2sAGaEx0FevF8WVJNSdxt9j-2bguhlXTKEnTt3peD8E1w07q3eMVLpp26SoA0-mtETD5ZJ0gs1Pycs/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-01-14T074518.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I quickly headed to the artificial lagoon at Seringat-Kias to check on how the seagrasses are doing here. Towards the southern arm of the lagoon, there was still a large patch of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/rotundata.htm&quot;&gt;Smooth ribbon seagrass&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53462497270/in/dateposted-public/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53462497270_55b3909b09_w.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I could still see&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/syringodium.htm&quot;&gt;Noodle seagrass&lt;/a&gt; with fresh and often long (30cm and longer) leaves growing all around the lagoon from the south to the north and all along the central part. The tide was not very low today so it was hard to see. Noodle seagrass is not often encountered on our shores.&amp;nbsp;But compared to our survey in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/11/dragon-explosion-at-seringat-kias.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Nov 2022&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/thalassia.htm&quot;&gt;Sickle seagrass&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;had cropped leaves, there was less dense&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/ovalis.htm&quot;&gt;Spoon seagrass&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(small leaves) and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/halodule.htm&quot;&gt;Needle seagrass&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(narrow leaves).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwG6No6qLvGvJ5sUW2-qF57UUBwkjpay7MeDdorDrnxZhzuWTUryisvfKzHUH9T2n91dDd2tYNB1-ye3YCK99SqQ8Cvf9LdeXATX4wJqFgjEd8furA1DdeicgIJXnG3kNWYkE61yGKeWoDTQfXixrLE2WS-ZGWPeFZTvrjjttymxstqwLsudWt8F9oFss/s400/FotoJet---2024-01-14T083656.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwG6No6qLvGvJ5sUW2-qF57UUBwkjpay7MeDdorDrnxZhzuWTUryisvfKzHUH9T2n91dDd2tYNB1-ye3YCK99SqQ8Cvf9LdeXATX4wJqFgjEd8furA1DdeicgIJXnG3kNWYkE61yGKeWoDTQfXixrLE2WS-ZGWPeFZTvrjjttymxstqwLsudWt8F9oFss/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-01-14T083656.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;As on our last survey in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/11/dragon-explosion-at-seringat-kias.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Nov 2022&lt;/a&gt;, I saw about 20 clumps of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/enhalus.htm&quot;&gt;Tape seagrass&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;growing all around the lagoon. The Tape seagrasses at Seringat-Kias are probably the healthiest that I&#39;ve recently seen from all our other shores. They had nice healthy long leaves, I didn&#39;t see any that were cropped. And most had signs of recent blooming, both male and female flowers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwq0ibTubRQOz4P2e_1-HOJqHJjxeI5_uxJQ64LvVohfpiohfq84zFWt8bA4ULzVnAf_jDN0TH0iZb4b6sip53z2Nb_e_JjYEpXYjjpQGniO13E_u6sX-P4pDMgOj-OG5hUECWbH31hNQ7SIC7v6uJvk4cnwSBEBdP-YFIB1eFGrihGz1gXnzewyWv8W0/s400/FotoJet---2024-01-14T083056.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwq0ibTubRQOz4P2e_1-HOJqHJjxeI5_uxJQ64LvVohfpiohfq84zFWt8bA4ULzVnAf_jDN0TH0iZb4b6sip53z2Nb_e_JjYEpXYjjpQGniO13E_u6sX-P4pDMgOj-OG5hUECWbH31hNQ7SIC7v6uJvk4cnwSBEBdP-YFIB1eFGrihGz1gXnzewyWv8W0/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-01-14T083056.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;In the lagoon, thanks to James for spotting small sea stars, they seem to be &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/asteroidea/protoreaster.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Knobbly sea stars&lt;/a&gt;. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/doreensis.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Snaky sea anemone&lt;/a&gt; is still there. Kelvin saw a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/asteroidea/archaster.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Common sea star&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXbHCHbhFLdSKEuo2QmvGa_6WwzG_eSJjsc58YgGiQb6pAFA6jgnyfmNGzwDinj3XrBLmEL8VkLjkEazBlMjWgRiCfKQaytVRWN4zj1xm6XPVHmuSebXlGyYeHXsTYSMXY9LKlwC6Q-st0F98Cc4bc561Wclodf3DaNoCsT-HAJ_5B7HluREpKkUUfOAg/s400/FotoJet---2024-01-14T085453.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXbHCHbhFLdSKEuo2QmvGa_6WwzG_eSJjsc58YgGiQb6pAFA6jgnyfmNGzwDinj3XrBLmEL8VkLjkEazBlMjWgRiCfKQaytVRWN4zj1xm6XPVHmuSebXlGyYeHXsTYSMXY9LKlwC6Q-st0F98Cc4bc561Wclodf3DaNoCsT-HAJ_5B7HluREpKkUUfOAg/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-01-14T085453.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The rest of the team had lots of special sightings of flatworms, nudibranchs, snails and more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjVCVJPRe3U648ZeueW_rR0zTWosH__Rci5ybsM1rTJyFUHrnB1ZYvBBUSyWw8Nmt6SqYw2SAGhiCIHcqkfaEeoEjtR3yP2hYKi0ghpqB6roeMKNVs7hgF3uonRaR3YytcFMuqAVb6YdMxwS2VB2lBWKtCcluisAZqqTOu5cINKkbqicUgtjlCqc7zgw/s400/FotoJet---2024-01-14T095811.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjVCVJPRe3U648ZeueW_rR0zTWosH__Rci5ybsM1rTJyFUHrnB1ZYvBBUSyWw8Nmt6SqYw2SAGhiCIHcqkfaEeoEjtR3yP2hYKi0ghpqB6roeMKNVs7hgF3uonRaR3YytcFMuqAVb6YdMxwS2VB2lBWKtCcluisAZqqTOu5cINKkbqicUgtjlCqc7zgw/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-01-14T095811.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Collage of photos by team members.&lt;br /&gt;Links to their albums below.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The southern shore of Lazarus that we surveyed today has seawalls. But this is minor compared to the massive reclamation that created Seringat-Kias, which buried the submerged reefs of Seringat and Kias and connected it to the natural Lazarus Island. A causeway bridge joins these with St. John&#39;s Island. Here&#39;s more about &lt;a href=&quot;http://wildshores.blogspot.com/2010/04/seringat-kias-in-mizzle.html&quot;&gt;what was done to create Seringat-Kias&lt;/a&gt;. Besides the lush seagrasses in the large artificial lagoon, mangroves and seagrasses have also settled in a smaller Mangrove Lagoon - I last surveyed this in &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2020/11/bay-of-marinas-rare-mangroves-in-secret.html&quot;&gt;Nov 2020&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQoN7tS8tEAcqfs7-9x_SXl2xviwChaCg3gzL1G9w0Dkyys5oSjk18pmKCQ4O3q3t2SHz-xbtW4tJluq6BGJC8ibzxv2eVwsOSDazNrD3ePIXRlTD3Q-ybkE_yesd-lfpetB2rXwqEXYI/s610/seringat-kias.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQoN7tS8tEAcqfs7-9x_SXl2xviwChaCg3gzL1G9w0Dkyys5oSjk18pmKCQ4O3q3t2SHz-xbtW4tJluq6BGJC8ibzxv2eVwsOSDazNrD3ePIXRlTD3Q-ybkE_yesd-lfpetB2rXwqEXYI/w400-h335/seringat-kias.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lazarus Island in the Singapore Blue Plan&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The cluster of Kusu, Lazarus and St. John&#39;s Islands has been recommended by the Singapore Blue Plan 2018 for elevated protection status.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53462029911/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living shores of Lazarus, Jan 2024&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living shores of Lazarus, Jan 2024&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53462029911_0a2bdda6a8_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The Blue Plan highlights that Lazarus, St. John’s, and Kusu Islands are established sites for coral nurseries as their shoreline offers ideal sheltered areas for growth of corals. Designating these islands as No-fishing Areas can bolster their rehabilitation. Protecting a larger cluster of islands means zonation plans for use can be implemented to manage tourism and human impacts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DOWNLOAD the Plan, SUPPORT the Plan! 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We saw otters and signs of dugong.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53459098502/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living shores of Changi Carpark 7, Jan 2024&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living shores of Changi Carpark 7, Jan 2024&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53459098502_20ce4387fa_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The shore was quiet. And mussels still dominate the shore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;I saw furrows that might be &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/vertebrates/mammals/dugong.htm&quot;&gt;dugong feeding trails&lt;/a&gt;, quite high up near the shore. Usually these are only seen at super low tide seaward side.&amp;nbsp;Dugong feeding trails are formed when dugongs chomp up seagrasses including their roots, leaving a shallow meandering furrow of about equal width and depth. We saw similar signs here on our last survey in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2023/06/changi-with-signs-of-dugong.html&quot;&gt;Jun 2023&lt;/a&gt;, and yesterday at &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2024/01/changi-is-alive.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Carpark 6&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq1MaCYMlrZ_jfK_ELy_J5Zq69uUEZj3PUxW7Ewnry9Sbd24tlkv28MfyX9UcfqeTriyVhNLAEB8Dgga3WUPizdj4ipThCJ582jiJ1u7KcP-HCxQq7xMxtfsVjNo2utqFCVi12tCrEDWOXhrJfibTrgMZtqdVvKanVwQsMT3mSVOukG2G7R9b1rjcHH5I/s400/FotoJet---2024-01-13T070136.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq1MaCYMlrZ_jfK_ELy_J5Zq69uUEZj3PUxW7Ewnry9Sbd24tlkv28MfyX9UcfqeTriyVhNLAEB8Dgga3WUPizdj4ipThCJ582jiJ1u7KcP-HCxQq7xMxtfsVjNo2utqFCVi12tCrEDWOXhrJfibTrgMZtqdVvKanVwQsMT3mSVOukG2G7R9b1rjcHH5I/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-01-13T070136.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;A pair of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/vertebrates/mammals/perspicillata.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Smooth-coated otters&lt;/a&gt; quietly walked past us high up on the beach. Thanks to Marcus for alerting us to them! We are usually too busy looking down at our feet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53459064077/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata)&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata)&quot; height=&quot;216&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53459064077_50ef1dfc3e_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I worry when there is a lot of rain. In early 2007, there was&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://cjproject.blogspot.com/2007/10/what-caused-mass-death.html&quot;&gt;mass death on Chek Jawa&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;following massive flooding in Johor due to heavy rain in Dec 2006. Large numbers of carpet anemones, sea cucumbers, sea stars, sponges and other marine life were found dead on Chek Jawa. Here&#39;s media reports and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/news/20070304/070325-1.htm&quot;&gt;related blog posts&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;of the 2007 event.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/1558156901&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/2326/1558156901_4785e1d915_w.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Similar to our last survey in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2023/06/changi-with-signs-of-dugong.html&quot;&gt;Jun 2023&lt;/a&gt;, I saw much fewer colourful sea cucumbers than in the past, with a more or less equal number of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/holothuroidea/cercodemas.htm&quot;&gt;Pink warty sea cucumbers&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/holothuroidea/colochirus.htm&quot;&gt;Thorny sea cucumbers&lt;/a&gt;. Most were alright although a few were pale or had white rotting parts. I saw a few medium sized &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/haddoni.htm&quot;&gt;Haddon&#39;s carpet anemones&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- nice and healthy. There were many skeletons of large&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/echinoidea/urchin/salmacis.htm&quot;&gt;White sea urchins&lt;/a&gt;, Kelvin saw a dying one, and we didn&#39;t see any live healthy ones. Rachael found the skeleton of a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/bivalvia/clavagellidae/brechites.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Watering pot shell&lt;/a&gt;, which is a bivalve! We didn&#39;t see any sea stars.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj01rUUzT1vZaebJeBx0GQGNUKERVXCqcV2seFPdbDNtMlt6OuoRbjX8-GLmHMBs89QSMUqQ5LQKbIZvzByIw7SPqleRdtKKOr1fmbQYVAtk9d5OtOC3su7s0HVdf92ah3Sw4Ftx0YIBicYwuK-bIXwO2GD1S0yL74qzwehfg3IMwxYo8_XDc5Fb_GYGx0/s400/FotoJet---2024-01-13T071253.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj01rUUzT1vZaebJeBx0GQGNUKERVXCqcV2seFPdbDNtMlt6OuoRbjX8-GLmHMBs89QSMUqQ5LQKbIZvzByIw7SPqleRdtKKOr1fmbQYVAtk9d5OtOC3su7s0HVdf92ah3Sw4Ftx0YIBicYwuK-bIXwO2GD1S0yL74qzwehfg3IMwxYo8_XDc5Fb_GYGx0/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-01-13T071253.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The patch of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/bivalvia/mytilidae/modiolus.htm&quot;&gt;horse mussels&lt;/a&gt; here seems to have grown much larger. They are now seen from the low water mark, in the past further seaward. The tide wasn&#39;t very low and water was murky so I couldn&#39;t tell how far out they grew. We first noticed this during our &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2019/02/clam-takeover-at-changi.html&quot;&gt;Feb 2019 survey&lt;/a&gt; and the clams were still there in &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2019/08/fish-expedition-day-3-changi-and-more.html&quot;&gt;Aug 2019&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2019/11/two-hovercraft-land-on-changi-shore.html&quot;&gt;Nov 2019&lt;/a&gt;. In&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2023/06/changi-with-signs-of-dugong.html&quot;&gt;Jun 2023&lt;/a&gt;, the patch was about 15m by 15m in the middle of the intertidal area exposed at about 0.1m. There still is hardly any seagrass growing among the mussels.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjexKpzYS_Ke_LGvZpl-TtT5SQHfQkUBj_4GDH29iiNx_N2mj5Qe2R8XMtB_wAVacRc_in0ru9YJN0_KKwrE7lGeZGGOxphCvuQdWaIwaXVpQUVYwjFgGtLm-1Rg98Qu-u7ikwpxKz9oY1T9XxY1XlpCR4LGRfR1yzNDbG5Y09heHcH7kc9UTsMy-R5WHo/s400/FotoJet---2024-01-13T072410.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjexKpzYS_Ke_LGvZpl-TtT5SQHfQkUBj_4GDH29iiNx_N2mj5Qe2R8XMtB_wAVacRc_in0ru9YJN0_KKwrE7lGeZGGOxphCvuQdWaIwaXVpQUVYwjFgGtLm-1Rg98Qu-u7ikwpxKz9oY1T9XxY1XlpCR4LGRfR1yzNDbG5Y09heHcH7kc9UTsMy-R5WHo/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-01-13T072410.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Compared to our last survey in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2023/06/changi-with-signs-of-dugong.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Jun 2023&lt;/a&gt;, there seems to be much less seagrass growing among the mussels. But as in years past, toward the high shore, there remains dense growths of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/ovalis.htm&quot;&gt;Spoon seagrass&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;with small and large leaves, as well as&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/halodule.htm&quot;&gt;Needle seagrass&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;with narrow leaves. I also saw many small clumps of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/spinulosa.htm&quot;&gt;Fern seagrass&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;today. The&amp;nbsp;patch of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/rotundata.htm&quot;&gt;Smooth ribbon seagrass&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;near the high shore has grown much larger, now about 10m long and about 4m wide.&amp;nbsp;I didn&#39;t see any&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/syringodium.htm&quot;&gt;Noodle seagrass&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;which I first saw in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2018/08/changi-still-lively.html&quot;&gt;Aug 2018&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWRKouhmjb-R9Fv9_cV2RAP2jzUqW3XV11EvvAOAf-L09JtUDOOvsg27ILv1rygXRa36Mol6TdRUcrBseKDUc3sBWVfWz0zBewAYdMvFM_hxDUq-_jH-NLvqgeCVje1EsU3f_zthRWm02_EfhfUZ7K49U_mcoUn35xkAoGJrEPF2KQvJMLqoIrIaNJz-M/s400/FotoJet---2024-01-13T065619.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWRKouhmjb-R9Fv9_cV2RAP2jzUqW3XV11EvvAOAf-L09JtUDOOvsg27ILv1rygXRa36Mol6TdRUcrBseKDUc3sBWVfWz0zBewAYdMvFM_hxDUq-_jH-NLvqgeCVje1EsU3f_zthRWm02_EfhfUZ7K49U_mcoUn35xkAoGJrEPF2KQvJMLqoIrIaNJz-M/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-01-13T065619.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is the fate of these shores?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There doesn&#39;t seem to be a change in 2013 plans to reclaim all of Pasir Ris, all of Changi from Carpark 1 to Carpark 7 and beyond, and reclaim Chek Jawa and Pulau Sekudu. These appear to remain in place in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/06/space-for-our-dreams-lots-of-land.html&quot;&gt;Long-Term Plan Review&lt;/a&gt;. Including plans for a road link that starts at Pasir Ris, crosses to Pulau Ubin, right across Chek Jawa to Pulau Tekong, and back to the mainland at Changi East.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb2sdD2LSGonJkYtxVqMrqxBjHIHSp2cmHB7PlpzsIgg-wMUO09i6A4loadQYlVXceNqh2lOQqk3lu31IqkIYK89KEyLFQ7GZKx1bRD7s7mcAiEckO2BGJKT-oZ4yPPds8MCzIyEv7kFJQjPTJq1qJMTMa9dbRqW3TA1yDROXze95Vcb6JkXmeBmCy/s821/northern-reclamation-low-res.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb2sdD2LSGonJkYtxVqMrqxBjHIHSp2cmHB7PlpzsIgg-wMUO09i6A4loadQYlVXceNqh2lOQqk3lu31IqkIYK89KEyLFQ7GZKx1bRD7s7mcAiEckO2BGJKT-oZ4yPPds8MCzIyEv7kFJQjPTJq1qJMTMa9dbRqW3TA1yDROXze95Vcb6JkXmeBmCy/w400-h271/northern-reclamation-low-res.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;See Changi shores for yourself before it&#39;s gone!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They are easy to get to, and enjoyed by many people. It remains rich in marine life. More details in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2020/11/changi-easy-intertidal-adventure-for.html&quot;&gt;&quot;Changi - an easy intertidal adventure for the family&quot;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53460330804/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living shores of Changi Carpark 7, Jan 2024&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living shores of Changi Carpark 7, Jan 2024&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53460330804_ceb2d98a3f_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;More photos by others on the survey&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/yongszeyuenkelvin/posts/pfbid04NSq23JBbbcL1z45jHEgXzqkVTMC12jcuSdb3HHtDMk56UxZ7CZVXzpWnnzVd8yGl?__cft__[0]=AZXzSzyytvPavTKmesasBHkdn2pNN9L9_OGKsWjfeTh_9R0r40JNHD7rUcPUXxWAQ9mgo-XbgwF-7Cc6SiDycNKlZEjRxrWQGFKWU4Kb7P6bWtwxMSSUl5hPQzkkHtaMMDTPgNOzb0xRjvhKhVoPpKCLKPZiorpRAtwJdUH1xTvrYA&amp;amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Kelvin Yong&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe allow=&quot;autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;855&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; src=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fyongszeyuenkelvin%2Fposts%2Fpfbid04NSq23JBbbcL1z45jHEgXzqkVTMC12jcuSdb3HHtDMk56UxZ7CZVXzpWnnzVd8yGl&amp;amp;show_text=true&amp;amp;width=500&quot; style=&quot;border: none; overflow: hidden;&quot; width=&quot;500&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/rachaelrenee.goh/posts/pfbid031fWWRbapWC1S3cYUBiyaV2ys3ni3XD8XP22GRLWEcN9e46pAH5254AGBkZ1YkPtrl?__cft__[0]=AZUCp_Rhr6MU1BPQpYhocGzs38JqnpoB4nrffkviR2fOLRDWWy75XEmZLW4aflBF88NTXAEC8yMLtLPRlrG-mYL19KnsLzIFYmVSEVODwvaq1XTAIlMpZwVmvIU7hKc0B7k&amp;amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Rachel Goh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;iframe src=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Frachaelrenee.goh%2Fposts%2Fpfbid031fWWRbapWC1S3cYUBiyaV2ys3ni3XD8XP22GRLWEcN9e46pAH5254AGBkZ1YkPtrl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;588&quot; style=&quot;border:none;overflow:hidden&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; allow=&quot;autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1205213507887679505/posts/default/4482276209362999152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1205213507887679505/posts/default/4482276209362999152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildshores.blogspot.com/2024/01/wet-and-windy-at-very-accessible-changi.html' title='Changi with otters and dugong'/><author><name>Ria Tan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09770926654830427210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiiWjmxuACQhACMytytupw7dSG5Xq7Okf_KmetgEL6FricUkyjLENRiH4QDyt1ADv87695XJopE4QpyEeK-mZ-Lcbr8P0gNjkLTO08O4fw8qa8bPUyo3wtZqtvM2tJQ/s117/wildsing.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq1MaCYMlrZ_jfK_ELy_J5Zq69uUEZj3PUxW7Ewnry9Sbd24tlkv28MfyX9UcfqeTriyVhNLAEB8Dgga3WUPizdj4ipThCJ582jiJ1u7KcP-HCxQq7xMxtfsVjNo2utqFCVi12tCrEDWOXhrJfibTrgMZtqdVvKanVwQsMT3mSVOukG2G7R9b1rjcHH5I/s72-w400-h400-c/FotoJet---2024-01-13T070136.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205213507887679505.post-7806567184406960454</id><published>2024-01-11T10:33:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2024-01-14T06:57:26.864+08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="changi"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="field-trips"/><title type='text'>Changi in the rain - still alive!</title><content type='html'>I return to this very accessible shore for the first time in 2 years. A lot of rain worries me as there was&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://cjproject.blogspot.com/2007/10/what-caused-mass-death.html&quot;&gt;mass death on Chek Jawa&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;following massive flooding in Johor due to heavy rain in Dec 2006.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53458378603/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Dugong feeding trail in seagrass meadows, Changi Carpark 6, Jan 2024&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Dugong feeding trail in seagrass meadows, Changi Carpark 6, Jan 2024&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53458378603_e762e0bb66_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I was relieved to see many common marine life that seemed to be okay. And saw possible signs of dugong as well as Ribbon seagrass for the first time here.&amp;nbsp;My last survey here was in &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2021/07/changi-still-alive.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Jul 21&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;For the first time here, I saw furrows that might be &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/vertebrates/mammals/dugong.htm&quot;&gt;dugong feeding trails&lt;/a&gt;!&amp;nbsp;Dugong feeding trails are formed when dugongs chomp up seagrasses including their roots, leaving a shallow meandering furrow of about equal width and depth. We have seen similar signs at the nearby shore at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2023/06/changi-with-signs-of-dugong.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Carpark 7 in Jun 2023&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Won0zkloclzHXsPbtumFiVGd7iY6PWpgklRGT5gMORYn4ZUR1avNMStb5RkIe4SFzoPPS30IBzFyL0Y7eG3jRS-6jnTdw8MJInE69ycq3nuhypFvJGa1IjBzDOSIdowOEffdhzpBq_52IoyIRRki_lW6ZEEzHwwXnncamg4Ag8NFdaL5Y2rrmo6xeas/s400/FotoJet---2024-01-12T092038.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Won0zkloclzHXsPbtumFiVGd7iY6PWpgklRGT5gMORYn4ZUR1avNMStb5RkIe4SFzoPPS30IBzFyL0Y7eG3jRS-6jnTdw8MJInE69ycq3nuhypFvJGa1IjBzDOSIdowOEffdhzpBq_52IoyIRRki_lW6ZEEzHwwXnncamg4Ag8NFdaL5Y2rrmo6xeas/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-01-12T092038.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I worry when there is a lot of rain. In early 2007, there was &lt;a href=&quot;https://cjproject.blogspot.com/2007/10/what-caused-mass-death.html&quot;&gt;mass death on Chek Jawa&lt;/a&gt; following massive flooding in Johor due to heavy rain in Dec 2006. Large numbers of carpet anemones, sea cucumbers, sea stars, sponges and other marine life were found dead on Chek Jawa. Here&#39;s media reports and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/news/20070304/070325-1.htm&quot;&gt;related blog posts&lt;/a&gt; of the 2007 event.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/1558156901&quot; title=&quot;Mass death at Chek Jawa&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Mass death at Chek Jawa&quot; height=&quot;283&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/2326/1558156901_4785e1d915_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Today, there were lots of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/holothuroidea/colochirus.htm&quot;&gt;Thorny sea cucumbers&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/holothuroidea/cercodemas.htm&quot;&gt;Pink warty sea cucumbers&lt;/a&gt; washed up on the low water mark, and also dotting the seagrassy areas. I only saw a few that seemed sickly with white areas on their body. There were also some&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/holothuroidea/phyllophorus.htm&quot;&gt;Ball sea cucumbers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;unburied but seemingly okay. We saw one &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/holothuroidea/violaceus.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Sea apple sea cucumber&lt;/a&gt; that seemed to be dying. Unlike my last survey here in &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2021/07/changi-still-alive.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Jul 2021&lt;/a&gt;, I didn&#39;t see any sea stars or sea urchins. I saw only one small live &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/echinoidea/sandollar/arachnoides.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cake sand dollar&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb08DW2hQ00jjAqkDctx44Z2oeLN_I_VV4N7J49HDHIuaq3d921oopP4jHnPnaDjT7Xya1SDaZkodBvmwU9BUnM7BqXwnIKuU7L5uK0oSNmFv9wuBrPc98yP2hvU9kO46aG9zGMK3HEosIj0_YpoUOvslJcFZsl6ptuWVERqrjj8APvrL6xAZ2xiffwqA/s400/FotoJet---2024-01-12T092935.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb08DW2hQ00jjAqkDctx44Z2oeLN_I_VV4N7J49HDHIuaq3d921oopP4jHnPnaDjT7Xya1SDaZkodBvmwU9BUnM7BqXwnIKuU7L5uK0oSNmFv9wuBrPc98yP2hvU9kO46aG9zGMK3HEosIj0_YpoUOvslJcFZsl6ptuWVERqrjj8APvrL6xAZ2xiffwqA/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-01-12T092935.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;We saw a few small &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/haddoni.htm&quot;&gt;Haddon&#39;s carpet anemones&lt;/a&gt; that were healthy. But also one that was uprooted and pale. But it wasn&#39;t bloated up. There were a few small &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/others/pennatulacea/spiky.htm&quot;&gt;Spiky sea pens&lt;/a&gt; uprooted, some with the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/crustacea/othercrust/anomura/porcellanidae/picta.htm&quot;&gt;porcelain crabs&lt;/a&gt; that are usually found living in these sea pens. Most seemed alright, but one medium sized one was rotting and had lost all its &#39;leaves&#39;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRpTN0ogwZePle7AFWxbM1gAiG51IgnV1du9qEMoxohmlqhz8AmY_06w-H87Ok-f3kAff5xkhAtKJ5Xpvyln_cVkqyXL2rnMHZS74UU8LQz4s0lvnrOOdxZtJ8FrHUI4v3s8HuWMiZ8S-4fOWQa-6E8Jx4xcJYM0NKJoZ12y2IQVPcU2aFBhcD5Isp28/s400/FotoJet---2024-01-12T094943.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRpTN0ogwZePle7AFWxbM1gAiG51IgnV1du9qEMoxohmlqhz8AmY_06w-H87Ok-f3kAff5xkhAtKJ5Xpvyln_cVkqyXL2rnMHZS74UU8LQz4s0lvnrOOdxZtJ8FrHUI4v3s8HuWMiZ8S-4fOWQa-6E8Jx4xcJYM0NKJoZ12y2IQVPcU2aFBhcD5Isp28/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-01-12T094943.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;There&#39;s a big block of concrete on the shore which is a great place for sponges to settle. Indeed, there were many colourful sponges there. Which is great, because during the 2007 mass death at Chek Jawa, all the sponges melted. I couldn&#39;t find any nudibranchs (which eat sponges) but Jiajun found one nudibranch floating in the water. It wasn&#39;t lively and looked like it was dying.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiMrlidetf0RQ7qJokKtX6XDSaHRi3oGeZe1_bRaiUysorE5eTjXN6JdikzOgnKYZ63pXqopVRCUx3q1PYewhJAnVbd_54qGATgeh63C1XPJerOa-LWZSvSjK2MSmeFN38i5qcZKMGPFhKZm6bvoHltI_lGYH4XsXA9V6I0XnN4fE5qmOhb5OgiSJx9TA/s400/FotoJet---2024-01-12T093959.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiMrlidetf0RQ7qJokKtX6XDSaHRi3oGeZe1_bRaiUysorE5eTjXN6JdikzOgnKYZ63pXqopVRCUx3q1PYewhJAnVbd_54qGATgeh63C1XPJerOa-LWZSvSjK2MSmeFN38i5qcZKMGPFhKZm6bvoHltI_lGYH4XsXA9V6I0XnN4fE5qmOhb5OgiSJx9TA/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-01-12T093959.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;There are nice stretches of sandy shores here. Most animals on the sandy shore are buried. There were lots of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/worm/polychaeta/strawtube.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;tubeworms&lt;/a&gt;, we saw some &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/gastropoda/naticidae/naticidae.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Moon snails&lt;/a&gt;, a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/gastropoda/olividae/mustelina.htm&quot;&gt;Weasel olive snail&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;But I didn&#39;t come across&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/gastropoda/trochidae/umbonium.htm&quot;&gt;Button snails&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;like I did on my last survey in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2021/07/changi-still-alive.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Jul 21&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcpdf-cZUyN9HeAZ09TDaVTcvNAKht6dteC9apKXleQwrsnUAczX3Zmo2B2f57xVoW8St6KDo5oZQ_MbrnAgFwKeIfDFqmA_rrW9g2EdWdY8WH-vUCilJWyD7sDpOBJTvduOnvIu9l1XFbVSGHxOh2AqVvCGC_UasCFVeSdDK5bwKZEjxqnX_Qka6y-kE/s400/FotoJet---2024-01-12T100732.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcpdf-cZUyN9HeAZ09TDaVTcvNAKht6dteC9apKXleQwrsnUAczX3Zmo2B2f57xVoW8St6KDo5oZQ_MbrnAgFwKeIfDFqmA_rrW9g2EdWdY8WH-vUCilJWyD7sDpOBJTvduOnvIu9l1XFbVSGHxOh2AqVvCGC_UasCFVeSdDK5bwKZEjxqnX_Qka6y-kE/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-01-12T100732.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The tide was not very low today. But still, I saw abundant &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/halodule.htm&quot;&gt;Needle seagrass&lt;/a&gt; (narrow leaf blades) on the higher shores, with a lot of lush &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/ovalis.htm&quot;&gt;Spoon seagrass&lt;/a&gt; (large leaf blades) on the lower shores. I didn&#39;t see any&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/spinulosa.htm&quot;&gt;Fern seagrass&lt;/a&gt; but came across a small patch (2m x 2m) of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/rotundata.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Smooth ribbon seagrass&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1XK4qbXgtS-6MqJwNIrBFkxPbHTdYcRIAJOCXcBKIPNgMg74h8CErjbw-sLeERlpvonQVuuReSn6VeMpUNBfLJ7raJjmvW9a2UdQtqV4DdJenDmUcqlncLF2BpdqVeCBQJFZqGvR5aA3XdZCiajYHJEoA7EPV67qSYMkIGSVwjr6iuHk39-kUNzgLZbM/s400/FotoJet---2024-01-12T102150.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1XK4qbXgtS-6MqJwNIrBFkxPbHTdYcRIAJOCXcBKIPNgMg74h8CErjbw-sLeERlpvonQVuuReSn6VeMpUNBfLJ7raJjmvW9a2UdQtqV4DdJenDmUcqlncLF2BpdqVeCBQJFZqGvR5aA3XdZCiajYHJEoA7EPV67qSYMkIGSVwjr6iuHk39-kUNzgLZbM/w400-h400/FotoJet---2024-01-12T102150.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;What is the fate of these shores?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There doesn&#39;t seem to be a change in 2013 plans to reclaim all of Pasir Ris, all of Changi from Carpark 1 to Carpark 7 and beyond, and reclaim Chek Jawa and Pulau Sekudu. These appear to remain in place in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/06/space-for-our-dreams-lots-of-land.html&quot;&gt;Long-Term Plan Review&lt;/a&gt;. Including plans for a road link that starts at Pasir Ris, crosses to Pulau Ubin, right across Chek Jawa to Pulau Tekong, and back to the mainland at Changi East.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb2sdD2LSGonJkYtxVqMrqxBjHIHSp2cmHB7PlpzsIgg-wMUO09i6A4loadQYlVXceNqh2lOQqk3lu31IqkIYK89KEyLFQ7GZKx1bRD7s7mcAiEckO2BGJKT-oZ4yPPds8MCzIyEv7kFJQjPTJq1qJMTMa9dbRqW3TA1yDROXze95Vcb6JkXmeBmCy/s821/northern-reclamation-low-res.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb2sdD2LSGonJkYtxVqMrqxBjHIHSp2cmHB7PlpzsIgg-wMUO09i6A4loadQYlVXceNqh2lOQqk3lu31IqkIYK89KEyLFQ7GZKx1bRD7s7mcAiEckO2BGJKT-oZ4yPPds8MCzIyEv7kFJQjPTJq1qJMTMa9dbRqW3TA1yDROXze95Vcb6JkXmeBmCy/w400-h271/northern-reclamation-low-res.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;See Changi shores for yourself before it&#39;s gone!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They are easy to get to, and enjoyed by many people. It remains rich in marine life. More details in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2020/11/changi-easy-intertidal-adventure-for.html&quot;&gt;&quot;Changi - an easy intertidal adventure for the family&quot;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53458645464/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living shores of Changi Carpark 6, Jan 2024&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living shores of Changi Carpark 6, Jan 2024&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53458645464_b18bc6e366_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;So nice to see families on the shore, and others enjoying the shores with kite surfing. Despite the gloomy weather, we avoided being rained on!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;More photos by others on this survey&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/nasry.null/posts/pfbid0j4pjuY8kCXZcKmjSsg3ehk4is6pqPKaZ2ozsME9iQ3y3WEzNzN7jocYmNjmEm4pHl?__cft__[0]=AZXPS0CcXS6_S_1XFJMP2vLZ5VUVV6YzLRkrh9ob1y-9wwXqi8SeabsztLee6DmYN8WPefs1nUWp7G7B4MV2mJHdN5wzQcwHaWFjS_0JwekBlM5OtIxvkSGxgyegGB9Giw8&amp;amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Muhd Nasry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe allow=&quot;autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;787&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; src=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fnasry.null%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0j4pjuY8kCXZcKmjSsg3ehk4is6pqPKaZ2ozsME9iQ3y3WEzNzN7jocYmNjmEm4pHl&amp;amp;show_text=true&amp;amp;width=500&quot; style=&quot;border: none; overflow: hidden;&quot; width=&quot;500&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1205213507887679505/posts/default/7806567184406960454'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1205213507887679505/posts/default/7806567184406960454'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildshores.blogspot.com/2024/01/changi-is-alive.html' title='Changi in the rain - still alive!'/><author><name>Ria Tan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09770926654830427210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiiWjmxuACQhACMytytupw7dSG5Xq7Okf_KmetgEL6FricUkyjLENRiH4QDyt1ADv87695XJopE4QpyEeK-mZ-Lcbr8P0gNjkLTO08O4fw8qa8bPUyo3wtZqtvM2tJQ/s117/wildsing.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Won0zkloclzHXsPbtumFiVGd7iY6PWpgklRGT5gMORYn4ZUR1avNMStb5RkIe4SFzoPPS30IBzFyL0Y7eG3jRS-6jnTdw8MJInE69ycq3nuhypFvJGa1IjBzDOSIdowOEffdhzpBq_52IoyIRRki_lW6ZEEzHwwXnncamg4Ag8NFdaL5Y2rrmo6xeas/s72-w400-h400-c/FotoJet---2024-01-12T092038.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205213507887679505.post-7787011688812981297</id><published>2023-12-14T09:04:00.006+08:00</published><updated>2023-12-19T15:39:12.985+08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="chek-jawa-surveys"/><title type='text'>Chek Jawa in the rain - still alive!</title><content type='html'>In a constant downpour, we surveyed northern Chek Jawa, with permission from NParks. I worry every time there is a lot of rain. Heavy and prolonged rain was believed to have caused the mass deaths at Chek Jawa in 2007.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53398697169/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Dugong feeding trails, Chek Jawa north, Dec 2023&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Dugong feeding trails, Chek Jawa north, Dec 2023&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53398697169_8a2049919b_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;It was a relief to see healthy specimens of animals that died in 2007. In fact, the team spotted special animals including Pentaceraster sea stars, our first sighting for our northern shores. We also saw signs of dugongs!&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;In early 2007, there was&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://cjproject.blogspot.com/2007/10/what-caused-mass-death.html&quot;&gt;mass death on Chek Jawa&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;following massive flooding in Johor due to heavy rain in Dec 2006. Large numbers of carpet anemones, sea cucumbers, sea stars, sponges and other marine life were found dead on Chek Jawa. Media reports and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/news/20070304/070325-1.htm&quot;&gt;related blog posts&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;of the 2007 event.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/1558156901/in/photolist-3nFXLa-3nG2xp-3nKWuj-57Dzup-57DzCK-57DBqr-57DBRF-57DFsP-57HMJA-57HPHJ-57HR9G-57HRkL-Dnqn4-Dnqn6-PrWTY-PrWUo-Ps21j-Ps21s-Ps4qy-Ps4r3-Ps5BU-Ps8bW-Ps8c5-Ps8cd-Ps8ch-Ps9Fd-Ps9Ff-Ps9Fj-Ps219-Ps21m-Ps21o-Ps21u-Ps3mo-Ps3mw-Ps3mU-Ps3mW-Ps3nb-Ps3nf-Ps4qs-Ps4qw-Ps4qC-Ps5C1-Ps5C5-Ps5Cd-Ps6sj-Ps7gN-Ps8bY-Ps9Fb-Pszuk-Pszun&quot; title=&quot;Mass death at Chek Jawa&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Mass death at Chek Jawa&quot; height=&quot;283&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/2326/1558156901_4785e1d915_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;script async=&quot;&quot; charset=&quot;utf-8&quot; src=&quot;//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;Today, the team saw living&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/asteroidea/archaster.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Common sea stars&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- these died out in the 2007 mass death and didn&#39;t reappear until 10 years later. Also,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/asteroidea/pentaceraster.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Pentaceraster sea star&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;juveniles! Our first sighting for our northern shore, this sea star was first seen at Cyrene in 2008. The shorebirds were also active on the shore despite the rain. We didn&#39;t come across any that were trapped in the sand as we did in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2023/02/signs-of-dugong-and-shorebird-rescue-at.html&quot;&gt;Feb 2023&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0VF6BE4D35Q3dKNzssyYl-SHQqPTRF2WgLK8pElcEz6JV9w-QunYw56a9Ti9RWXGwEnTWSetsy5o22wnPhGRFDBpKzKAebcntKmh1FqvVgmQz7BhUeOr-uw40HiYJmFF7mEfifT2GmoFQrnhw2jiqCx50NwAaehEirV1LZqcscDJ9kzz-wdL1TXJYAOo/s400/FotoJet---2023-12-15T091850.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0VF6BE4D35Q3dKNzssyYl-SHQqPTRF2WgLK8pElcEz6JV9w-QunYw56a9Ti9RWXGwEnTWSetsy5o22wnPhGRFDBpKzKAebcntKmh1FqvVgmQz7BhUeOr-uw40HiYJmFF7mEfifT2GmoFQrnhw2jiqCx50NwAaehEirV1LZqcscDJ9kzz-wdL1TXJYAOo/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-12-15T091850.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Montage of photos by the team.&lt;br /&gt;Links to their albums below.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;We didn&#39;t see any &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/haddoni.htm&quot;&gt;Haddon&#39;s carpet anemones&lt;/a&gt; on the seaward facing part of the northern sand bar. This has been so since&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2021/12/buttons-return-to-chek-jawa.html&quot;&gt;Dec 2021&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;They used to be quite common here. But we were relieved to see many on the inner lagoon and southern area. We didn&#39;t see any that were dead or dying, although they were scrunched up due to the rain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD0pOmrWPOapDD2Qw5qR3DlgoCeDm745ocFAaEIhMUu8AYjoaZY3ixYjp6E6FPEGcOdyRQZvkNMCvRSLVGFFW_BmifU1T7qPr9b7s3PXrb2gZqt64DR-AWJuGMWSJnjfXWFQf0rTqIYDOl4sQyP-zmmZtEXVdUK_NqfWN_dPMbRAHAXn4MxbPJlNaUofk/s400/FotoJet---2023-12-15T082220.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;363&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;363&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD0pOmrWPOapDD2Qw5qR3DlgoCeDm745ocFAaEIhMUu8AYjoaZY3ixYjp6E6FPEGcOdyRQZvkNMCvRSLVGFFW_BmifU1T7qPr9b7s3PXrb2gZqt64DR-AWJuGMWSJnjfXWFQf0rTqIYDOl4sQyP-zmmZtEXVdUK_NqfWN_dPMbRAHAXn4MxbPJlNaUofk/w400-h363/FotoJet---2023-12-15T082220.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Today,&amp;nbsp;I didn&#39;t see many animals on the northern area. This could be due to the downpour. Marine life hide from fresh water. But I did see more animals towards the southern area. But I was relieved to see healthy sea stars, sea cucumbers and even worms.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwA8yoe9ydEOyX1JVodZ6zTZ3iNvvWrcMPeMcnPH-SMQrszIwMtijs-BFak2DFwygzWc_X7P-_vAmPu59nQwBKxX18fXIJ7A5Hi-L41spYGThqZXGznINy8IJXprextgp47L7ynUwud4ijjxQCRX3jQBfg8uurtbiKBYaStMmaFDvIZ6GkpeRnXMqgyI/s400/FotoJet---2023-12-15T083437.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwA8yoe9ydEOyX1JVodZ6zTZ3iNvvWrcMPeMcnPH-SMQrszIwMtijs-BFak2DFwygzWc_X7P-_vAmPu59nQwBKxX18fXIJ7A5Hi-L41spYGThqZXGznINy8IJXprextgp47L7ynUwud4ijjxQCRX3jQBfg8uurtbiKBYaStMmaFDvIZ6GkpeRnXMqgyI/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-12-15T083437.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;There were a few&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/vertebrates/mammals/dugong.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;dugong trails&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;on the seaward side of the northern sand bar. We saw many more during our last survey in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2023/02/signs-of-dugong-and-shorebird-rescue-at.html&quot;&gt;Feb 2023&lt;/a&gt;. Dugong feeding trails are formed when dugongs chomp up seagrasses including their roots, leaving a shallow meandering furrow of about equal width and depth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYcp7s6jNmLQVdiEfRUT8PcFk04YLmCDPipSZuZrXLohD_L5hTW1tZIyUDJ-MOkHtpTY07UDs6lwsVlIndaOxq0kNkhw7Eaqf6gJXGgEQNh8Bd0hS5XIcIfIu_WvsHYqXeReS_txemLxyEsYtsUET3toJ_aNDbOf39UXKXfk4GJCL9PAr4tcDXFy2QYc/s400/FotoJet---2023-12-15T081230.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYcp7s6jNmLQVdiEfRUT8PcFk04YLmCDPipSZuZrXLohD_L5hTW1tZIyUDJ-MOkHtpTY07UDs6lwsVlIndaOxq0kNkhw7Eaqf6gJXGgEQNh8Bd0hS5XIcIfIu_WvsHYqXeReS_txemLxyEsYtsUET3toJ_aNDbOf39UXKXfk4GJCL9PAr4tcDXFy2QYc/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-12-15T081230.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Kelvin saw a patch with many feeding trails!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzXW27mzOJiWsGIULCCsQIVhXgmj8edzhX7hKxVQTq0OsEQFbJPYxAWlUMDQieaf5SRXOoKiRr4qR-Z5r2QfeGve0RINXy7cIyBD7n-nsT7TunWE_O4meF-M0USELj5358yLftJLlAmx9cJ3sPR3mPlALs7rnSQqUSaVj0G0nb2Qi1t8_JB2u-GpAfVI/s400/410658602_18398597578045368_7576091680847542336_n.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;316&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;316&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzXW27mzOJiWsGIULCCsQIVhXgmj8edzhX7hKxVQTq0OsEQFbJPYxAWlUMDQieaf5SRXOoKiRr4qR-Z5r2QfeGve0RINXy7cIyBD7n-nsT7TunWE_O4meF-M0USELj5358yLftJLlAmx9cJ3sPR3mPlALs7rnSQqUSaVj0G0nb2Qi1t8_JB2u-GpAfVI/w400-h316/410658602_18398597578045368_7576091680847542336_n.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Jonathan saw more feeding trails!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0d7Y9CP12irAYBilWLI5Srgx-nhSOC31UJHrQomNWLlJ8S2PMV3cAPFS_J-RUpwElKMLxtGes3wrHc5-j6x_vjoe0aWM1PvtZRC8xEXf1WzfGDEwG9kcgPbkyQJYjgCO4PFDpeosNAvFQ7cOtlIJMx_8XmpGa5MT5WUjFgtHXO7dSwAZpeXTx2Rq1ms/s400/411129035_10161146885788119_8852899551947778_n.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;300&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0d7Y9CP12irAYBilWLI5Srgx-nhSOC31UJHrQomNWLlJ8S2PMV3cAPFS_J-RUpwElKMLxtGes3wrHc5-j6x_vjoe0aWM1PvtZRC8xEXf1WzfGDEwG9kcgPbkyQJYjgCO4PFDpeosNAvFQ7cOtlIJMx_8XmpGa5MT5WUjFgtHXO7dSwAZpeXTx2Rq1ms/w400-h300/411129035_10161146885788119_8852899551947778_n.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The northern sandbar remains vast!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53398861460/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Chek Jawa north, Dec 2023&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Chek Jawa north, Dec 2023&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53398861460_6870024773_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Kok Sheng saw dugong feeding trail on the south sand bar too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVwRpa80RbdkoJ107Jj15SdxeKQz3dP_gOES9AH8NyyHEmE4rqj1zf63iyEZqs2-sT_sCfm-cdZURfU2EoKWXELyjPy5yS3tBEtwzBhECRhi7mdqnv-3wt6jdRUff57twXzkRwUTH-HNtaNYuTDkqcJs0qLJDle8EiUnVFVuD0UAIm3Fp1-dWl0Srn7Q/s400/411285996_10161109053558158_337159108235075054_n.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;226&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVwRpa80RbdkoJ107Jj15SdxeKQz3dP_gOES9AH8NyyHEmE4rqj1zf63iyEZqs2-sT_sCfm-cdZURfU2EoKWXELyjPy5yS3tBEtwzBhECRhi7mdqnv-3wt6jdRUff57twXzkRwUTH-HNtaNYuTDkqcJs0qLJDle8EiUnVFVuD0UAIm3Fp1-dWl0Srn7Q/w400-h226/411285996_10161109053558158_337159108235075054_n.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the northern sand bar, there was mostly &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/ovalis.htm&quot;&gt;Spoon seagrass&lt;/a&gt; (small and large leaves) and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/halodule.htm&quot;&gt;Needle seagrass&lt;/a&gt; with narrow leaves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd9r9TvRS7CninkFd6loWhhc-abyKloHHHk1NeZ5ezo1WS5zT6JCCfVsMBOQ3o8RULHO5lMCjoKmG-3XcBOv4TfN9zCUmxfm_MuVNVZI63QMlfGp9BpSjwP3defEa3ikPUtZ3AEU4WnI7TZZ6SRictsrfnTMZbGVOGNVIol3H9g8LKQ4UDO2J7d5Mec4Y/s400/FotoJet---2023-12-15T084316.jpg&quot; 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It continues to flourish and have taken over the southern sand bar and large parts of the southern area. I did see any, but others on the team saw some&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/spinulosa.htm&quot;&gt;Fern seagrass&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi42yn1TmH7gLvAH3tl-5yq2O2RrpLuf1ZoHzwe6B2kGPLiaYTaLULEWg5ruK8dQ_G381o3zB7fVt1dgjiMUFRXU2X_OV8moEtgg_k3YFt9VBR2zR8XA6kyLY7Y_mVEDKpEB6-iRmrP0iNZ7JkMjzRQz_msGqLO_SLYqT3Wi-tIYULD-rMINd_Uy_jTE5I/s400/FotoJet---2023-12-15T084626.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi42yn1TmH7gLvAH3tl-5yq2O2RrpLuf1ZoHzwe6B2kGPLiaYTaLULEWg5ruK8dQ_G381o3zB7fVt1dgjiMUFRXU2X_OV8moEtgg_k3YFt9VBR2zR8XA6kyLY7Y_mVEDKpEB6-iRmrP0iNZ7JkMjzRQz_msGqLO_SLYqT3Wi-tIYULD-rMINd_Uy_jTE5I/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-12-15T084626.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;What is the fate of Chek Jawa?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chek Jawa and Pulau Sekudu is slated for reclamation in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/1205213507887679505/1900003397892214421#&quot;&gt;Long-Term Plan Review&lt;/a&gt;. The plan includes a road link (black line) from the mainland jumping off at Punggol, crossing to Pulau Ubin through Chek Jawa to jump off to Pulau Tekong before circling back to the mainland on Changi East. Proposed reclamation (in yellow) will bury Pasir Ris shores, Pulau Sekudu and Chek Jawa as well as a large stretches of Changi Beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/1205213507887679505/1900003397892214421#&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20YmUaxM0L1FW9t0DLBEkL1YFPVf4Kamayj4KoAEt81q39ImIQ_wTQzelOgkekanimLJTSUQYwSOc9ZZWUqOAy20sBUGmYVwmS0yMtz9WGGx4_YfvjFuj7AxRZ_HqGLuSWM5l3HI7LSC6jGz7GVyWvizz2VaehT81C5nU2b-IyzlCYxr1qj48U0FP/w400-h286/sekudu-low-res.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Singapore Blue Plan 2018&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Among the Proposed Areas for Immediate Conservation Priority, the Singapore Blue Plan 2018 proposes that the intertidal and subtidal marine areas of Pulau Ubin to be designated Marine Reserve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53398613328/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Chek Jawa north, Dec 2023&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Chek Jawa north, Dec 2023&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53398613328_d39fd2957f_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The proposed area would include Tanjung Chek Jawa, the largest known intertidal area in northern Singapore. Considered one of the richest in Singapore, Chek Jawa comprises many adjacent ecosystems: coastal hill forest, mangrove areas, rocky shores, seagrass meadows, coral communities, and sandy areas. Chek Jawa remains an icon of celebration and hope for many Singaporeans since its reprieve from reclamation in 2001.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DOWNLOAD the Plan, SUPPORT the Plan! 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off East Coast to begin</title><content type='html'>Singapore to start technical studies into 800ha &#39;Long Island&#39; off East Coast.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFN_Hqp-N26ZmbFskjFe4GbAwSeb_vR5WbHqJnFG44mUvtw5ml2U4STUEAuXVo5rgq-_KgCEslc4rnaOJ0SQ15XZa_7Dj7Ox_mcPXj5LQYxoEELTyV6iel_qs_1e7Pq2boU3h6brAb48HuUPI-TPKO2NsnPKhyGIP66AV8rBCJo_fRaesPPL7lvTZgd18/s721/Screenshot%202023-11-28%20164523.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;409&quot; data-original-width=&quot;721&quot; height=&quot;228&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFN_Hqp-N26ZmbFskjFe4GbAwSeb_vR5WbHqJnFG44mUvtw5ml2U4STUEAuXVo5rgq-_KgCEslc4rnaOJ0SQ15XZa_7Dj7Ox_mcPXj5LQYxoEELTyV6iel_qs_1e7Pq2boU3h6brAb48HuUPI-TPKO2NsnPKhyGIP66AV8rBCJo_fRaesPPL7lvTZgd18/w400-h228/Screenshot%202023-11-28%20164523.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Submit your feedback and sign up for engagement sessions &lt;a href=&quot;https://form.gov.sg/65602ae353a532001205b895&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(from&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Long Island project at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://go.gov.sg/Long-Island&quot;&gt;https://go.gov.sg/Long-Island&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The government will be carrying out technical studies over the next five years to explore the feasibility of Long Island.&amp;nbsp;At the same time, the authorities will also be engaging the public on plans for Long Island.&amp;nbsp;After technical studies are completed, the authorities will engage the public on the design and masterplan for Long Island.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/long-island-east-coast-park-unveiled-technical-studies-decades-long-project-ura-3947836&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Channel NewAsia&lt;/a&gt; 28 Nov 2023
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213. SINGAPORE: Singapore is starting technical studies for a decades-long project to integrate coastal protection measures with future reclamation plans on its east coast.
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215. The "Long Island" concept could involve around 800ha of reclaimed land - nearly the size of 1,142 football fields - and potentially provide more opportunities for waterfront living and jobs.  
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217. The reclaimed island, situated at East Coast Park's shoreline, would be about twice the land area of Marina Bay, and would create an enclosed waterbody in front of East Coast Park, transforming it into a freshwater reservoir.
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219. Minister for National Development Desmond Lee announced the start of technical studies into the concept during a site-enhancement event at East Coast Park on Tuesday (Nov 28), where he planted a tree to kickstart a new 15km nature trail across the park.
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221. He spoke about the need for coastal protection measures in low-lying Singapore.
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223. "The concept of Long Island is to project coastal protection seawards, by reclaiming three new tracts of land, at a higher level, away from the current coastline. This will allow us to retain the existing East Coast Park, largely as it is," said Mr Lee, noting that people wanted to retain the unimpeded access to the waterfront.
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225. The minister said Long Island would create opportunities for future generations of Singaporeans.
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227. "They could build homes, create jobs, develop services and amenities that they need, and add around 20km of new coastal and reservoir parks, extending from the current East Coast Park. This will triple the length of the existing waterfront area along East Coast Park today."
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229. Studies have projected a rise in mean sea level of up to 1m by 2100. Combined with the possible high tides and storm surges, the sea level could rise by 4m to 5m, threatening Singapore's shorelines.
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231. Since 2021, Singapore has progressively conducted site-specific studies for different segments of its coastline. In September, it launched its first research centre dedicated to strengthening local capabilities and expertise in coastal protection and flood management.
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233. Around one-third of Singapore is less than 5m above mean sea level including East Coast Park, a recreational area around the size of 180ha which sees 7.5 million visits annually, according to the National Parks Board.
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235. The effects of high sea levels at the park - Singapore's largest park with a span of about 13km - are already being felt. In 2018 and in January this year, swathes of the park were flooded due to rain and high tide.
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237. The authorities had studied the possibility of a 3m-high sea wall along the entire waterfront of East Coast Park, from Marina East to Tanah Merah.
238. <br /><br />
239. These would be accompanied by 12 tidal gates and pumping stations along each of the existing outlet drains to keep the sea out and to pump rainwater out when heavy rain coincides with high tide.
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241. Given the current use of East Coast Park for recreational activities, however, these measures would limit the current access to the beach and cause disruption to park users during constructions, noted Mr Lee.
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243. The number of tidal gates and pumping stations needed would come at the expense of a substantial portion of existing park space - around 15 football fields if the 12 tidal gates and pumping stations were installed, said Mr Lee.
244. <br /><br />
245. "In essence, this approach means that we implement coastal protection along the existing East Coast Park, but lose significant portions of the park and recreational use of the coastline," said the minister.
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247. The authorities settled on Long Island as a more optimal solution. The idea was raised by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during the National Day Rally in 2019, and showcased at the Urban Redevelopment Authority's long-term plan review exhibition last year.
248. <br /><br />
249. Long Island would be reclaimed at a higher level to protect against sea level rise. The island would also create an enclosed waterbody, "preserving the waterfront character of the original East Coast Park", said Mr Lee.
250. <br /><br />
251. The new freshwater reservoir would increase water supply and would also reduce the number of tidal gates and pumping stations to two for flood management in the East Coast area.
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253. Apart from coastal protection measures, the reclaimed island could host additional recreational facilities, such as canoeing and dragon-boating on the reservoir.
254. <br /><br />
255. Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu said in a Facebook post after the announcement that the authorities had gathered views and suggestions through PUB-led dialogue Our Coastal Conversation before deciding on Long Island.  
256. <br /><br />
257. She added that the government has received innovative proposals from students through PUB’s ‘Living with the Rising Seas’ ideas competition earlier this year, which will be considered for Long Island.
258. <br /><br />
259. The new island would add around 20km of new coastal and reservoir parks to the existing East Coast Park.
260. <br /><br />
261. The government will be carrying out technical studies over the next five years to explore the feasibility of Long Island, said Mr Lee.
262. <br /><br />
263. The studies, to begin in 2024, involve extensive environmental and engineering studies to see if the conceptual reclamation profile is feasible, and for the authorities to formulate innovative and cost-effective nature-based solutions.
264. <br /><br />
265. At the same time, the authorities will also be engaging the public, such as nature and recreational interest groups and businesses in plans for Long Island.
266. <br /><br />
267. After technical studies are completed, the authorities will engage the public on the design and masterplan for Long Island, said Mr Lee. <br /><br /><div><b>Long Island to be reclaimed off East Coast could add 800ha of land, create Singapore’s 18th reservoir</b></div><div>Ng Keng Gene and Shabana Begum <a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/long-island-to-be-reclaimed-off-east-coast-could-add-800ha-of-land-and-singapore-s-18th-reservoir" target="_blank">Straits Times</a> 27 Nov 2023</div><div><br /></div><div>SINGAPORE – Three tracts of land could be reclaimed off East Coast Park in the coming decades, creating about 800ha of land for new homes and other amenities, as well as a new reservoir.</div><div><br /></div><div>Called the Long Island, these land tracts – collectively about twice the size of Marina Bay – are Singapore’s response to the threat of rising sea levels and inland flooding in the East Coast area. Land in the area is largely lower than 5m above the mean sea level, the extent that sea levels are projected to rise to by the end of this century if extreme high tides coincide with storm surges.</div><div><br /></div><div>On Nov 28, National Development Minister Desmond Lee announced that public agencies will carry out technical studies for the Long Island project over five years, starting from early 2024.</div><div><br /></div><div>Over the next few years, members of the public will be consulted for their ideas and suggestions for the project, which will take several decades to plan, design and develop.</div><div><br /></div><div>The current plan is for three elongated tracts of land to be reclaimed in the area, extending from Marina East to Tanah Merah. The easternmost land tract will start from Tanah Merah, while the westernmost tract will be an extension of Marina East. Between these two tracts, a third tract will be reclaimed.</div><div><br /></div><div>A large tidal gate and pumping station will be built in between each new land mass. These will control the water level in a new reservoir bordered by East Coast Park and the new land masses, and, in the process, reduce flood risks in the East Coast area.</div><div><br /></div><div>National water agency PUB said the reclamation project is likely to create Singapore’s 18th reservoir.</div><div><br /></div><div>Like the gate at Marina Barrage, the two gates at the new reservoir in East Coast will open to release excess storm water into the sea during heavy rain when the tide is low. At high tide, the pumps will be used instead to release the storm water.</div><div><br /></div><div>Mr Lee said the new reservoir can also be used for water activities such as canoeing and dragon-boating.</div><div><br /></div><div>Besides offering flood protection and increasing Singapore’s freshwater supply, the project will help meet future development and recreation needs, said Mr Lee.</div><div><br /></div><div>Waterfront homes are expected to be built on the reclaimed land, along with amenities and industrial facilities.</div><div><br /></div><div>About 20km of new coastal and reservoir parks could be added, tripling the length of waterfront parks in the East Coast area, he said.</div><div><br /></div><div>Plans for reclamation off East Coast were first unveiled in 1991, as part of URA’s Concept Plan. It was envisioned then that a series of reclaimed islands would provide waterfront housing and leisure opportunities.</div><div><br /></div><div>At the 2019 National Day Rally, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said reclaiming a series of islands offshore and linking them up with barrages could protect existing low-lying areas and create a freshwater reservoir.</div><div><br /></div><div>URA showcased a possible concept for reclamation works at its long-term plan review exhibition in 2022.</div><div><br /></div><div>In his speech on Nov 28, Mr Desmond Lee said the Government has been studying various coastal protection options, including building a sea wall up to 3m tall that would stretch from Marina East to Tanah Merah. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkXee1qJWeAcnf8hIyLJMNR6oZSIrZgJ6ZN9BsYCuFD2KFI18JU1iBq9xcWkhYHeWx1e5FUHS0RLsYMbIcJs1LFqhZ7CSae7Ge7bE3eo8Zs3XudhZya45zpxSk5XQvC4XfsFB8A5Fz0XcgVi-hFTdoNkq9Rp9udhSxqv1ON8eo4eK1-mYblrsIchKUPSM/s362/Screenshot%202023-11-28%20165922.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="273" data-original-width="362" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkXee1qJWeAcnf8hIyLJMNR6oZSIrZgJ6ZN9BsYCuFD2KFI18JU1iBq9xcWkhYHeWx1e5FUHS0RLsYMbIcJs1LFqhZ7CSae7Ge7bE3eo8Zs3XudhZya45zpxSk5XQvC4XfsFB8A5Fz0XcgVi-hFTdoNkq9Rp9udhSxqv1ON8eo4eK1-mYblrsIchKUPSM/w400-h301/Screenshot%202023-11-28%20165922.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div>The wall would be accompanied by 12 sets of tidal gates and pumping stations – one set at each of the 12 existing outlet drains along East Coast. The gates would stop seawater from flowing inland during high tides, while the pumping stations would pump storm water from the drains into the sea when the gates are closed.</div><div><br /></div><div>Mr Lee said that this option is technically feasible, but not ideal for East Coast Park as large stretches of the park will have to be closed to the public when building the seawall. When completed, it will permanently limit park users’ access to the waterfront for recreation and sports.</div><div><br /></div><div>The 12 tidal gates and pumping stations would take up a lot of space within East Coast Park – about the area of 15 football fields – resulting in the loss of existing greenery and recreational facilities.</div><div><br /></div><div>Mr Lee noted that members of the public hope to retain unimpeded access to the waterfront, as well as preserve the heritage and recreation spaces along the coast.</div><div><br /></div><div>A more optimal solution is to integrate coastal protection measures with reclamation plans for the area, he added.</div><div><br /></div><div>More information on the Long Island project is available at <a href="https://go.gov.sg/Long-Island">https://go.gov.sg/Long-Island</a><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br><b>Crucial to minimise inevitable harm to marine environment if Long Island reclamation project proceeds: Experts</b><br>
268. The decades-long project off East Coast Park could involve the reclamation of around 800ha of land – twice the size of the downtown Marina Bay area.
269. Louisa Tang<a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/long-island-reclamation-environmental-impact-marine-life-east-coast-park-3953246" target="_blank"> Channel NewsAsia</a> 1 Dec 2023
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271. SINGAPORE: With decades of reclamation works having previously devastated marine life along Singapore's eastern coast, environmental experts told CNA it is crucial to make certain that construction on the “Long Island” reclaimed site would not significantly impact sensitive marine habitats like coral reefs.
272. <br><br>
273. Experts also stressed the need for the government to engage nature researchers, non-governmental organisations and the public from an early stage in order to protect biodiversity and prevent loss of habitat at East Coast Park, as well as the nearby Southern Islands.
274. <br><br>
275. This comes after Singapore on Tuesday (Nov 28) announced plans to begin technical studies for the decades-long project off East Coast Park which could reclaim around 800ha of land – twice the size of the downtown Marina Bay area.
276. <br><br>
277. The studies, to begin in 2024, will involve extensive environmental and engineering studies to see if the conceptual reclamation profile is feasible, and for the authorities to formulate innovative and cost-effective nature-based solutions.
278. <br><br>
279. The Long Island plan is meant to protect the current coastal zone and inland areas at East Coast from being inundated by seawater in the future.
280. <br><br>
281. Studies have projected a rise in mean sea level of up to 1m by 2100. Combined with possible high tides and storm surges, sea levels could rise by 4m to 5m, threatening low-lying Singapore's shorelines.
282. <br><br>
283. The effects of high sea levels at East Coast Park – Singapore's largest park with a span of about 13km – are already being felt. In 2018 and in January this year, swathes of the park were flooded due to rain and high tide.
284. <br><br>
285. POTENTIAL IMPACT
286. The process of reclaiming land from sea “would certainly lead to the decline of marine species living in the sea and potentially habitats around it”, said Associate Professor Huang Danwei from the National University of Singapore (NUS).
287. <br><br>
288. For example, half of coastal wetlands in China have been lost to land reclamation.
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290. The deputy head of Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, whose research interests include coral reef ecology and conversation, cautioned that Singapore needs to strike a balance between coastal protection and marine life protection.
291. <br><br>
292. “Certainly, lives, livelihoods and properties are at stake, but terrestrial and coastal ecosystems that may be affected by the seawater inundation in the next few decades could also be impacted,” added Assoc Prof Huang.
293. <br><br>
294. “These should be balanced by the potential impact on sea life directly at the areas of reclamation and also marine ecosystems adjacent to these areas.”
295. <br><br>
296. Land can be reclaimed by adding material such as rocks, soil, and cement to an area of water. It can also be achieved by draining submerged wetlands or similar biomes.
297. <br><br>
298. Nature Society (Singapore)'s chairman Stephen Beng concurred that reclamation works on Long Island will "most definitely" disrupt ecosystems and lead to a loss of habitat and biodiversity.
299. <br><br>
300. He noted that Singapore lost 60 per cent of its coral reefs, which “support a greater diversity of life than any place on earth”, over the past few decades due to reclamation and development works.
301. <br><br>
302. A vast majority of these reclamation works have happened along the eastern coast, such as the East Coast Reclamation Scheme that was launched in 1966. It was completed 20 years later with a total of 1,525ha of land reclaimed.
303. <br><br>
304. With the Long Island project slated to be a similarly decades-long one, more sediment and pollutants could end up in the waters. This could smother corals and seagrasses and impact the Southern Islands, which is home to most of Singapore's remaining coral reefs, said Dr Jani Tanzil, facility director of St John's Island National Marine Laboratory.
305. <br><br>
306. Aside from the past loss of coral reefs, she noted that reefs in Singapore already exist "in marginal conditions where light penetration is limited".
307. <br><br>
308. "I'm worried that if the land reclamation works are not managed properly, we may see our reefs having to endure even lower light conditions for decades to come, and further truncation of our reefs to even shallower vertical distribution," Dr Jani added.
309. <br><br>
310. NUS biological scientist N Sivasothi also pointed out that the Long Island project will eliminate existing marine habitats, given the plans to create an enclosed waterbody – eventually, a freshwater reservoir – in front of East Coast Park.
311. <br><br>
312. Nevertheless, he said these marine communities are not as mature as those on Chek Jawa Wetlands or Pulau Ubin.
313. <br><br>
314. Mr Beng, who is also chairperson of the Friends of the Marine Park ground-led initiative, added: “We’ve … seen that life on our reefs and shores does return when given a chance, though some changes and losses cannot be reversed such as predator-prey relationships, invasive species, resource competition.
315. <br><br>
316. “Our remaining reefs and living shores could disappear within a generation under the threats of climate change and coastal development."
317. <br><br>
318. DESIGN WITH NATURE FIRST IN MIND
319. The experts championed the idea of designing structures at Long Island with a nature-first approach, including artificial reef structures that can beef up coastal defence and biodiversity protection.
320. <br><br>
321. Mr Beng further suggested providing sufficient depth for mangroves, slopes of reefs, and allowing the natural accumulation of sediment for sandy beaches and rocky shores.
322. <br><br>
323. Professor Benjamin Horton, director of the Earth Observatory of Singapore, also pointed to "working with nature" concepts  where developments are designed based on natural principles that mimic nature.
324. <br><br>
325. Marine forces – such as waves and tides – should be used to maintain high-quality developments like artificial beaches, lagoons, wetlands and mangroves, rather than being viewed as something to protect against during extreme events, he added.
326. <br><br>
327. "Coastal environments are transient, continuously reshaped by the natural forces of waves, tides, surges, erosion and deposition. To be sustainable, the Long Island developments must be designed and implemented with a clear understanding and respect for local natural processes," Prof Horton noted.
328. <br><br>
329. Mr Beng cautioned that Singapore must not "become comfortable with the ability to reclaim and restore", despite coming far to include conservation considerations in development plans.
330. <br><br>
331. Time must be given between work phases for the environment to recover, and the government must also continuously monitor environmental and social impacts over a wider area, he said.
332. <br><br>
333. This is especially because the Sisters’ Islands Marine Park – part of the Southern Islands – will be exposed to much of the risks during reclamation and construction works, and may also face changes in water quality and flow.
334. <br><br>
335. “Nature is most resilient to disturbances when it’s left natural,” Mr Beng noted.
336. <br><br>
337. “If climate adaptation and future development comes at a greater cost to nature, then that could also mean an unrecoverable expense for all of us.”
338. <br><br>
339. Whether or not Singapore's environment will benefit from having another island, where flora and fauna can flourish, is up in the air for now.
340. <br><br>
341. Assoc Prof Huang said a comprehensive environmental impact assessment is needed to determine the biodiversity costs.
342. <br><br>
343. He added: "An artificially created land area with additional coastal space is not the same as natural ecosystems that have been around for thousands of years in terms of biodiversity and their natural functions and services, even if the island might be designed to host biodiversity with an abundance of greening efforts."
344. <br><br>
345. "URGENT RESPONSIBILITY" TO ADDRESS SEA LEVEL RISE
346. Mr Sivasothi pointed out some key differences in the preparations and design for the Long Island project compared to reclamation works from decades ago.
347. <br><br>
348. For example, there is a desire to integrate relevant terrestrial and marine nature areas with the project. Much more is also known about the restoration ecology of terrestrial and marine environments from both local and global studies, which means Singapore can “ensure the facilitated establishment of nature areas unlike before”, added Mr Sivasothi.
349. <br><br>
350. He also spoke of being heartened to see during a recent engagement that the push to protect and integrate biodiversity in the Long Island project not only came from members of nature groups, but from many other participants.
351. <br><br>
352. “The responsibility to address sea level rise is a critical and urgent responsibility of this time,” Mr Sivasothi pointed out.
353. <br><br>
354. “An island state like Singapore with high population density and no hinterland is much more vulnerable than most other countries, and global action to address global warming deadlines is always behind schedule. So, it is welcome that we initiate plans to prepare the country.”
355. <br><br>
356. Prof Horton said that land reclamation can be done safely and with minimal – even positive – impact through appropriate site selection, master planning and support studies.
357. <br><br>
358. &quot;It is also key to engage with stakeholders to get their views, concerns and expectations. Creating Long Island will take time,&quot; he added.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1205213507887679505/posts/default/5394350032546890217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1205213507887679505/posts/default/5394350032546890217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wildshores.blogspot.com/2023/11/technical-studies-into-long-island-off.html' title='Technical studies into &#39;Long Island&#39; off East Coast to begin'/><author><name>Ria Tan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09770926654830427210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiiWjmxuACQhACMytytupw7dSG5Xq7Okf_KmetgEL6FricUkyjLENRiH4QDyt1ADv87695XJopE4QpyEeK-mZ-Lcbr8P0gNjkLTO08O4fw8qa8bPUyo3wtZqtvM2tJQ/s117/wildsing.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFN_Hqp-N26ZmbFskjFe4GbAwSeb_vR5WbHqJnFG44mUvtw5ml2U4STUEAuXVo5rgq-_KgCEslc4rnaOJ0SQ15XZa_7Dj7Ox_mcPXj5LQYxoEELTyV6iel_qs_1e7Pq2boU3h6brAb48HuUPI-TPKO2NsnPKhyGIP66AV8rBCJo_fRaesPPL7lvTZgd18/s72-w400-h228-c/Screenshot%202023-11-28%20164523.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205213507887679505.post-2151160829594677149</id><published>2023-10-30T08:21:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2023-11-01T06:00:08.778+08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="field-trips"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="semakau"/><title type='text'>Semakau (South) is alive</title><content type='html'>On a rare evening low tide, we survey the living shores next to the Landfill at Pulau Semakau South.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53298779946/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living shores of Pulau Semakau (South), Oct 2023&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living shores of Pulau Semakau (South), Oct 2023&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53298779946_cfc7254019_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Here, there are corals, seagrasses and mangroves which seem to be hanging on. We narrowly escaped a lightning storm at the end of our survey and got back on the boat just in time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;There has never been a lot of hard corals on this shore. I saw&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/pocilloporidae/pocillopora.htm&quot;&gt;Cauliflower corals&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/poritidae/gonbig.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Anemone corals&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and the usual common boulder shaped corals. Although some were pale, most seemed alright. I didn&#39;t see any mass coral bleaching.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgandTZGla3sxKHvdKSPbeIMTJykj-POR9jQgED9E4j5Fc58RumempXnXoTyQ0bQ8cgD1pbmnDIoP_cCD1KbLV9muy3p0WwTukNOYQq6ilqwm-iO7VV2yDQ6oQafUgNAikSvTDyV_EAY7wQvtS53RCuEiS6o-AL56VtsasaVGguVW8vT59X0BLBc9OkcRU/s400/FotoJet---2023-10-31T074201.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgandTZGla3sxKHvdKSPbeIMTJykj-POR9jQgED9E4j5Fc58RumempXnXoTyQ0bQ8cgD1pbmnDIoP_cCD1KbLV9muy3p0WwTukNOYQq6ilqwm-iO7VV2yDQ6oQafUgNAikSvTDyV_EAY7wQvtS53RCuEiS6o-AL56VtsasaVGguVW8vT59X0BLBc9OkcRU/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-10-31T074201.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;As on our last survey in May 2023, I saw some small clumps of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/acroporidae/monbranch.htm&quot;&gt;Branching montipora coral&lt;/a&gt; - hopefully they will form a &#39;field&#39; like they do on some of our other nearby shores.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCzH6GWyXlOSjGH9cSNm3Qp6lgES-ZHkH71YWFGN85IIiO9cZ4RGdRxEDkWhkcNoi3r7Usj0QDIjbKmYycFTiaVn4Uz1rHRWiLSKtMybBlp05qhEAZDTb5qaPjYge_RjLnpwXb4No8X1jzs-bKFB3c4epHDjKdgkjqPr1708lorpFg1rxAJDPWypSRkJY/s400/FotoJet---2023-10-31T073146.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCzH6GWyXlOSjGH9cSNm3Qp6lgES-ZHkH71YWFGN85IIiO9cZ4RGdRxEDkWhkcNoi3r7Usj0QDIjbKmYycFTiaVn4Uz1rHRWiLSKtMybBlp05qhEAZDTb5qaPjYge_RjLnpwXb4No8X1jzs-bKFB3c4epHDjKdgkjqPr1708lorpFg1rxAJDPWypSRkJY/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-10-31T073146.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I saw a few medium sized&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralsoft/alcyoniidae.htm&quot;&gt;Leathery soft corals&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;of various kinds. They all seemed alright.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-WPEjN01YE8ayT0r8FfrWxSbS0BTBJ2bNfYEJw7XL9VLHp04Dsm4lJdHJjq7IkayhC7FcDs0amNTjIGmuzF1ojr2oooej2o5i9gpwTUBxCIBVGdL7GxLpm_4pNOeY4PSuqcKbI-Cxx7bfxLP0bccNfBIOFruOK5ylIutxjiJUfD69vm2inLicd6_TQNA/s400/FotoJet---2023-10-31T072307.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-WPEjN01YE8ayT0r8FfrWxSbS0BTBJ2bNfYEJw7XL9VLHp04Dsm4lJdHJjq7IkayhC7FcDs0amNTjIGmuzF1ojr2oooej2o5i9gpwTUBxCIBVGdL7GxLpm_4pNOeY4PSuqcKbI-Cxx7bfxLP0bccNfBIOFruOK5ylIutxjiJUfD69vm2inLicd6_TQNA/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-10-31T072307.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I saw &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/gastropoda/volutidae/nobilis.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Noble volutes&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;the common sea anemones that are usually abundant here:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/gigantea.htm&quot;&gt;Giant carpet anemones&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/actinodendron.htm&quot;&gt;Fire anemones&lt;/a&gt;. There were also the usual colourful sponges seen on reefs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg40rudJ4zuuuHbI9AmsPAtyq91N5ivpbDepEGZbtJeV-3r7dL23a3RMiLKfaRyYQBMOOe4QtnJdFvmox6qaVG78Q3-bU9MuJa-r2tt-xWnqGZlKnLYD48xTdLNsZFiu8w00dHOK1ihY7zuraDew8xtDJY7zsJZuCwpnWYoPQCzzGRuL8InYCfAXGeAmuM/s400/FotoJet---2023-10-31T074846.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg40rudJ4zuuuHbI9AmsPAtyq91N5ivpbDepEGZbtJeV-3r7dL23a3RMiLKfaRyYQBMOOe4QtnJdFvmox6qaVG78Q3-bU9MuJa-r2tt-xWnqGZlKnLYD48xTdLNsZFiu8w00dHOK1ihY7zuraDew8xtDJY7zsJZuCwpnWYoPQCzzGRuL8InYCfAXGeAmuM/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-10-31T074846.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;On the sand bar near the mouth of the stream, there were signs of the usual sand dwellers - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/gastropoda/olividae/olividae.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Olive snails&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/crustacea/crab/ocypodoidea/scopimera.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Sand bubbler crabs&lt;/a&gt;. There were also many &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/asteroidea/archaster.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Common sea stars&lt;/a&gt; in the area. I am very relieved we didn&#39;t see any nets on the shore today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5VJ2-tF4K5schkoj1CWIL3B0fTZYCnTvIGhGR1MEelkpwrxe3_nod_Qjp9StEB4p0F5t0tHw5-c-6V4DojHFCltlE5oP6RAj7ywrVfYj0xGGWnibTmorLncFCkrRW9lNAuHjOC_xY2bHhakrfyyLEkEtyXYYeg25kCYnl1TKRsNoW4uoCiNudMa_ekY/s400/FotoJet---2023-10-31T075459.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5VJ2-tF4K5schkoj1CWIL3B0fTZYCnTvIGhGR1MEelkpwrxe3_nod_Qjp9StEB4p0F5t0tHw5-c-6V4DojHFCltlE5oP6RAj7ywrVfYj0xGGWnibTmorLncFCkrRW9lNAuHjOC_xY2bHhakrfyyLEkEtyXYYeg25kCYnl1TKRsNoW4uoCiNudMa_ekY/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-10-31T075459.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The rest of the team saw many small&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/others/jellyfish/upsidedown.htm&quot;&gt;Upsidedown jellyfish&lt;/a&gt;, small cuttlefishes and small octopuses. Also, a bright blue carpet anemone. Links to their albums at the end of the post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQqQJccBJ0WsmQ2RcGVKFz3GvfTDpTkV_2hOMkIOV4wZ-pPFJnkiQAfeHukKbu8DY0xb2hc0VFLHGG6gk7RbQ6JVnUqvdE0c-TBLVHQ61qUdAe8Ux7UtLKhl1415DGGUtFQCjy0Wl6A-4-8VboAfgGOqKd_AjCyAdfq5S6Yxh9ndNw1ISCujxcftbflgI/s400/FotoJet---2023-11-01T055125.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQqQJccBJ0WsmQ2RcGVKFz3GvfTDpTkV_2hOMkIOV4wZ-pPFJnkiQAfeHukKbu8DY0xb2hc0VFLHGG6gk7RbQ6JVnUqvdE0c-TBLVHQ61qUdAe8Ux7UtLKhl1415DGGUtFQCjy0Wl6A-4-8VboAfgGOqKd_AjCyAdfq5S6Yxh9ndNw1ISCujxcftbflgI/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-11-01T055125.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Montage of photos by others on the survey.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the mouth of the stream running out of the mangroves, there were patches of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/ovalis.htm&quot;&gt;Spoon seagrasses&lt;/a&gt;, with sprinkles of other seagrass species. This is similar to what we saw in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/01/soapy-at-semakau-south.html&quot;&gt;Jan 2022&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/12/mussels-taking-over-pulau-semakau-south.html&quot;&gt;Dec 2022&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2023/05/15-dead-sharks-at-pulau-semakau-south.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;May 2023&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcU5ctSBBrEa9kZJTFsKTNBYiB0GuPszmYoaB5eW5tJq4U3v8_hqdoe3pLEUdQ7KxUyKDO45ryQ_dFDadYXv5rYog7rcILPhsfHq6T8MEYb_-WrV5QQOMJ2-FT_ZDuVzMLh1mnJffqglXBqwdGmpSpiSMYbdY14vHj-k0eMhyphenhyphenxFXZP3XPwHHrFVdIcQI0/s400/FotoJet---2023-10-31T071350.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcU5ctSBBrEa9kZJTFsKTNBYiB0GuPszmYoaB5eW5tJq4U3v8_hqdoe3pLEUdQ7KxUyKDO45ryQ_dFDadYXv5rYog7rcILPhsfHq6T8MEYb_-WrV5QQOMJ2-FT_ZDuVzMLh1mnJffqglXBqwdGmpSpiSMYbdY14vHj-k0eMhyphenhyphenxFXZP3XPwHHrFVdIcQI0/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-10-31T071350.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I went a short way northward and the shores were bare of seagrasses. Most of the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/enhalus.htm&quot;&gt;Tape seagrass&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;I saw remain cropped, some very short.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSOlNWT_w8DHKJaRpf406lYjkipepE5Z1WsmxVCmjSjQ6q92sSYaK_i5CETLFgrHUPPTpcoO3Db-qZGjaz9kc-FGilpiuyBIqggGpljPY2_4RwYr-V_uGrLIDmpBJ6RKswm2U5ifhhyphenhyphentzsEMF22uAvffqRksrR3192-bn0RZDNkSoBCD5I1MrdaSTfMEU/s477/FotoJet---2023-10-31T071836.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;477&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSOlNWT_w8DHKJaRpf406lYjkipepE5Z1WsmxVCmjSjQ6q92sSYaK_i5CETLFgrHUPPTpcoO3Db-qZGjaz9kc-FGilpiuyBIqggGpljPY2_4RwYr-V_uGrLIDmpBJ6RKswm2U5ifhhyphenhyphentzsEMF22uAvffqRksrR3192-bn0RZDNkSoBCD5I1MrdaSTfMEU/w335-h400/FotoJet---2023-10-31T071836.jpg&quot; width=&quot;335&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;There has been a large expansion of the area covered by&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/bivalvia/mytilidae/modiolus.htm&quot;&gt;Horse mussel clams&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;from the landfill seawall to the stream opening between the old mangrove and replanted mangroves. This suggests some sort of imbalance in the ecosystem. I already noticed during our last survey in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/12/mussels-taking-over-pulau-semakau-south.html&quot;&gt;Dec 2022&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;that they seem to be spreading out. In&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2020/01/next-to-landfill-semakau-south-is-alive.html&quot;&gt;Jan 2020&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2019/03/dead-sea-turtle-at-pulau-semakau-south.html&quot;&gt;Mar 2019&lt;/a&gt;, I saw them in small groups of less than 10, spread apart. In&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2020/10/pulau-semakau-south-still-seagrassy.html&quot;&gt;Oct 2020&lt;/a&gt;, there were a lot more and closer together. Covering an area of about 20m2. The situation was similar in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/01/soapy-at-semakau-south.html&quot;&gt;Jan 2022&lt;/a&gt;, and during our survey in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2023/05/15-dead-sharks-at-pulau-semakau-south.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;May 2023&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;The area is opposite Barramundi Asia fish farm and most of the mussels were very much alive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53299133490/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Horse mussel (Modiolus sp.)&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Horse mussel (Modiolus sp.)&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53299133490_6bf5c8e6ca_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;There seems to be a bloom of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seaweed/cyanobacteria/cyanobacteria.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;cyanobacteria&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- clumps of fine black hairy organisms, covering a large area near the mouth of the stream.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZGEVA0UObRsoghCErsI9fFv4KiDOU3ECSZkaq-LkYOcbAVK3xSlnVPWCefQeQG8sp-jAJHTkJMVi6QSRAj1CW_OO3KrHwEnFok-3wBreQqpGvU2Vvr_HGobOADE9XhghgzKq1YVkYYMePjL0BA66S7ISFWCFPYG1PswYCgmQoRDPgSmIxnfXYFJXavzA/s466/FotoJet---2023-10-31T070921.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;466&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZGEVA0UObRsoghCErsI9fFv4KiDOU3ECSZkaq-LkYOcbAVK3xSlnVPWCefQeQG8sp-jAJHTkJMVi6QSRAj1CW_OO3KrHwEnFok-3wBreQqpGvU2Vvr_HGobOADE9XhghgzKq1YVkYYMePjL0BA66S7ISFWCFPYG1PswYCgmQoRDPgSmIxnfXYFJXavzA/w344-h400/FotoJet---2023-10-31T070921.jpg&quot; width=&quot;344&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Every time we survey this shore, we check out the Barramundi Group&#39;s fish farm that is located very close to natural mangroves, reefs and seagrass meadows there.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimHswadkV6kJVhnt9LoWUOAiofC3cDfCg1teyozhUHr2svWU4xn7o3tPrXO2olQ9b7jFhSvN0uU7foZtkPDnkahqSBK7L8QlU5vPtYa7qCJbhF8-G3GeKcxyTcThDTDqr3YcuqIY8h8gXotwM5v3tNpx4HLCZdBTJ3kNu-24_IR014sCY9w3PLPhWGZ7I/s400/semakau-fish-farm-small.jpg&quot; style=&quot;color: #33aaff; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;253&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;253&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimHswadkV6kJVhnt9LoWUOAiofC3cDfCg1teyozhUHr2svWU4xn7o3tPrXO2olQ9b7jFhSvN0uU7foZtkPDnkahqSBK7L8QlU5vPtYa7qCJbhF8-G3GeKcxyTcThDTDqr3YcuqIY8h8gXotwM5v3tNpx4HLCZdBTJ3kNu-24_IR014sCY9w3PLPhWGZ7I/w400-h253/semakau-fish-farm-small.jpg&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;It seems quiet on the farm today. In&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2023/07/southern-fish-farm-to-stop-due-to.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Jul 2023&lt;/a&gt;, it was reported that Barramundi Group will stop stocking its sites off Pulau Semakau, Pulau Senang and St John’s Island until “an efficacious vaccine is available” against the scale drop disease virus (SDDV). SDDV was first formally described in Singapore farmed fish in 2011 and can kill more than half of the barramundi raised in a cage. The virus has caused “significant mortalities and financial losses” for Barramundi Group&#39;s Singapore operations, which recorded a loss of $31.9 million for FY2022.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53297779727/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Fish farm off Pulau Semakau (South), Oct 2023&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Fish farm off Pulau Semakau (South), Oct 2023&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53297779727_43066ddcc0_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53297779737/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Fish farm off Pulau Semakau (South), Oct 2023&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Fish farm off Pulau Semakau (South), Oct 2023&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53297779737_54ecc69e3b_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;More about Pulau Semakau&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is NOT true that the construction of the Landfill created the marine life found on Pulau Semakau. The marine life was there long before the Landfill was built.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just as Changi Airport and Changi Beach are not the same even though they are near one another and share a name, Pulau Semakau is NOT the same as the Semakau Landfill. The Landfill was created by destroying all of Pulau Saking, and about half of the original Pulau Semakau by building a very long seawall. Fortunately, the landfill was constructed and is managed in such a way that the original mangroves, seagrass meadows and reefs on Pulau Semakau were allowed to remain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/43302070600&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/1925/43302070600_498c8e5f4b_w.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;What is the fate of Pulau Semakau South?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These shores slated for massive reclamation outlined recently in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/06/space-for-our-dreams-lots-of-land.html&quot;&gt;Long-Term Plan Review&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNT2n6u3lSo7KWKLcrZfFg9R0RUmqbiDXIfcHXGQyi6aIxU0SDkawRf5OO0DTTnucXMXVYShej46gZlmWkXsbTuElHBSvQmK-a9aDMCHqkgxdmDKXdO6TOK41c-Wyuhy9Y6kGG_0lmaL_OSFoxiJ6B0L9lWlM6spiTLr9gmJPueguJzVDrK4BHcjz/s530/southern-reclamation-low-res.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNT2n6u3lSo7KWKLcrZfFg9R0RUmqbiDXIfcHXGQyi6aIxU0SDkawRf5OO0DTTnucXMXVYShej46gZlmWkXsbTuElHBSvQmK-a9aDMCHqkgxdmDKXdO6TOK41c-Wyuhy9Y6kGG_0lmaL_OSFoxiJ6B0L9lWlM6spiTLr9gmJPueguJzVDrK4BHcjz/w400-h355/southern-reclamation-low-res.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Singapore Blue Plan 2018&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pulau Semakau and nearby islands and submerged reefs have been recommended by the Singapore Blue Plan 2018 for Immediate Conservation Priority. The Blue Plan recommends the intertidal and subtidal marine areas of Pulau Semakau and adjacent Pulau Hantu, and Pulau Jong to be designated Marine Reserve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53299252980/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living shores of Pulau Semakau (South), Oct 2023&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living shores of Pulau Semakau (South), Oct 2023&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53299252980_03ac49b5e0_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The Blue Plan highlights that Pulau Semakau and its associated patch reefs comprise many ecosystems: coral reefs, mangrove areas, intertidal sandflats, seagrass meadows, and coral reefs. The subtidal area of Pulau Jong is larger than the terrestrial area. Pulau Hantu is a popular dive site has seen increasing interest in the past decade due to biodiversity awareness. If protection is accorded to these three islands, zonation plans for use can be implemented to manage tourism and human impacts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DOWNLOAD the Plan, SUPPORT the Plan! More on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://singaporeblueplan2018.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Singapore Blue Plan 2018 site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Photos by others on this survey&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/james.kwb.77/posts/pfbid0bRrzjQiamZo9ou4oSqMtwLHzYcKkeAVhXQVzFM5ovYKEVLM8hm9euqvUsAkmESyl?__cft__[0]=AZXlwYctbrIpCZXmqOAohkENlnagOZEaCw9G9hd4fvbzxTPSXe779J3uVshz9hy8m89M7JRhsUDRsDK5kxBLolTjWad-V0ls9xDOigIW5BL92rp2sKeW2ld_sGg3ObjMp9s34A-HAss_INyUg1OrF87YPznvdLOFNhr1Ig_HxQrvng&amp;amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;James Koh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;iframe allow=&quot;autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;652&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; src=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fjames.kwb.77%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0bRrzjQiamZo9ou4oSqMtwLHzYcKkeAVhXQVzFM5ovYKEVLM8hm9euqvUsAkmESyl&amp;amp;show_text=true&amp;amp;width=500&quot; 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style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBq6LXtNdVWlLPHX2XoGrgE8xujColLijTbh3KI3xqdSC_qRBvyIn8WeACvqQ_jE_H41orgGLCurNeXrWQCWY87h1fmppZjxpzVo97H9z5imFqhz8Q8tiov25GfgII-qZy1AaVBV3ajWPZoAaqJ3eBNJ22K5yb0vh9wnYbM2rtWOqX4muAzZa8zBVBD6c/s400/374767147_10168721135470112_2028893658193321123_n-SMALL.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;300&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBq6LXtNdVWlLPHX2XoGrgE8xujColLijTbh3KI3xqdSC_qRBvyIn8WeACvqQ_jE_H41orgGLCurNeXrWQCWY87h1fmppZjxpzVo97H9z5imFqhz8Q8tiov25GfgII-qZy1AaVBV3ajWPZoAaqJ3eBNJ22K5yb0vh9wnYbM2rtWOqX4muAzZa8zBVBD6c/w400-h300/374767147_10168721135470112_2028893658193321123_n-SMALL.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Kelvin gives us a new perspective of the shore from a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=yongszeyuenkelvin&amp;amp;set=a.10168721106895112&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;drone&lt;/a&gt;! The survey team saw lots of sharks, giant clams, &#39;Nemos&#39;, tiny sea horse and other amazing marine life. The corals seem to be doing well, but the seagrasses have not recovered.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;It&#39;s good to know that sharks are alive and well in abundance at Pulau Semakau! Kelvin got lovely&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=yongszeyuenkelvin&amp;amp;set=a.10168721196460112&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;drone views&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;of many&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/vertebrates/fish/selachii/selachii.htm&quot;&gt;Black-tipped reef sharks&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;patrolling the reef edge, some in groups. They are probably waiting for the tide to rise so they can rush in to hunt for fishes. The rest of the team even managed to see them from the shore! Check out &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/794658653/videos/a.10160686763968654/623596116556438&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Che Cheng&#39;s video&lt;/a&gt;. There are also lots of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/vertebrates/fish/dasyatidae/lymma.htm&quot;&gt;Blue-spotted fantail rays&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;here, they can go higher up the shore than the sharks, in the shallows during low tide. Kelvin&#39;s drone video also captured a stingray (yellow circle) and a shark (blue circle). The shark didn&#39;t harass the stingray. It is important to look out for sharks and stingrays and avoid stepping on them, especially during an incoming and outgoing spring tide.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik0lw37s_Kqi4_7bGMGIiDWFqSZTkPtcG2HRFFGdZANvhSFCWw4Rm6CY7sW1fLia80d7VZq7Bx2H76vYC7zMiYQoSl0UworRNPQu6blRmvyljAoTDyfzO1qIniy6-tl8nwLqt70Xo2UGwgrGwzsjjy79ytI2_6Xg8o2QJjLmnN3t566uFB351Qrhw2yqI/s400/FotoJet---2023-09-03T074756-SMALL.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik0lw37s_Kqi4_7bGMGIiDWFqSZTkPtcG2HRFFGdZANvhSFCWw4Rm6CY7sW1fLia80d7VZq7Bx2H76vYC7zMiYQoSl0UworRNPQu6blRmvyljAoTDyfzO1qIniy6-tl8nwLqt70Xo2UGwgrGwzsjjy79ytI2_6Xg8o2QJjLmnN3t566uFB351Qrhw2yqI/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-09-03T074756-SMALL.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The last time I was at Semakau in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2023/05/15-dead-sharks-at-pulau-semakau-south.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;May 2023&lt;/a&gt;, I saw 14 dead sharks trapped in a net laid at Semakau South near the Barramundi Asia Fish Farm. After I posted about them, the mainstream media immediately carried stories about the incident. Sadly, the sighting of live sharks probably won&#39;t lead to similar interest...sigh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjtR9CZXVoNcdP7wPcKvgodMo1u5fVxT3KCJUzwovQ4MNEvvgXvXdn8oR_Z0M1wkYBKmZRMug6KrFmpliYdtgDwD1UKv71czBWJpdMwM_5FD4hQ2n7j4DF8jggnaIvKQQYvNXJaabba7fvfJSKebE5MOg7XaCid1H4aWXch_2wzBqeS3D6nQmvGp_MeQ/s400/FotoJet---2023-05-23T141056.jpg&quot; style=&quot;color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjtR9CZXVoNcdP7wPcKvgodMo1u5fVxT3KCJUzwovQ4MNEvvgXvXdn8oR_Z0M1wkYBKmZRMug6KrFmpliYdtgDwD1UKv71czBWJpdMwM_5FD4hQ2n7j4DF8jggnaIvKQQYvNXJaabba7fvfJSKebE5MOg7XaCid1H4aWXch_2wzBqeS3D6nQmvGp_MeQ/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-05-23T141056.jpg&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The reef edge facing Terumbu Raya is very rich with many well formed healthy corals, some colonies were large. Including some kinds which are not often seen on our shores. From the team photos, it appears similar to what I saw on our last survey here in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/07/lively-reef-at-pulau-semakau-north.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Jul 22&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;It&#39;s nice to see many healthy&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/fungiidae/fungiidae.htm&quot;&gt;mushroom corals&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;There doesn&#39;t seem to be any coral bleaching.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZ-pYGHsUQGhbCJENrvL9mXbLEl1NlFi85hEuUv0pQluApV-Eq6RoYZuFSVupv8vIbmkqMRQ14cAuYAuPHVRgp4FUfRNaagogygwO8NOfMkhyOi7Y2gm7SUicMA6XJLpHsW3czTi_PVgAfSua8Jn9xUE3oMGLujLgTVYRFp5efGfQfy-nXC8wbul-SDk/s400/FotoJet---2023-09-03T082709.561-SMALL.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZ-pYGHsUQGhbCJENrvL9mXbLEl1NlFi85hEuUv0pQluApV-Eq6RoYZuFSVupv8vIbmkqMRQ14cAuYAuPHVRgp4FUfRNaagogygwO8NOfMkhyOi7Y2gm7SUicMA6XJLpHsW3czTi_PVgAfSua8Jn9xUE3oMGLujLgTVYRFp5efGfQfy-nXC8wbul-SDk/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-09-03T082709.561-SMALL.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;A collage of photos shared by the team.&lt;br /&gt;
359. Links to their albums below.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;The team saw many large&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralsoft/alcyoniidae.htm&quot;&gt;leathery soft corals&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and other soft corals. Doesn&#39;t seem like any were bleaching.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUW_VbwC0dksEkaV6OstMWaHjIu793p87h7qI6EFwrr30OT2l19JumDWtMoGFg_k9cI96wbJltlm2t9irUrawmsfX9pG8UBYfJqE3E4B9dj7RBU0qmLor1Ng9H4r2Gh09QTmZmmSfa_FmR8AcyDKW_6_N93RHPJVYuaqZOV4J0_gd2GCDRG6yKEoL8zRE/s400/FotoJet---2023-09-03T081819.461-SMALL.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUW_VbwC0dksEkaV6OstMWaHjIu793p87h7qI6EFwrr30OT2l19JumDWtMoGFg_k9cI96wbJltlm2t9irUrawmsfX9pG8UBYfJqE3E4B9dj7RBU0qmLor1Ng9H4r2Gh09QTmZmmSfa_FmR8AcyDKW_6_N93RHPJVYuaqZOV4J0_gd2GCDRG6yKEoL8zRE/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-09-03T081819.461-SMALL.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The team saw the usual Clown anemonefishes in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/gigantea.htm&quot;&gt;Giant carpet anemones&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;as well as the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/magnifica.htm&quot;&gt;Magnificent anemones&lt;/a&gt;. And Tammy got&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/511984263/videos/a.10160810211744264/322653856883399&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;gorgeous video&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;of a big mama&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/vertebrates/fish/pomacentridae/frenatus.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tomato clown anemonefish&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and her bright red papa. These are only found in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/entacmaea.htm&quot;&gt;Bubble tip anemones&lt;/a&gt;. The team also saw&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/phymanthus.htm&quot;&gt;Frilly anemones&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/actinodendron.htm&quot;&gt;Fire anemones&lt;/a&gt;. Marcus spotted a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/mertensii.htm&quot;&gt;Merten&#39;s carpet anemone&lt;/a&gt;, could be different from the one&amp;nbsp;Kok Sheng spotted in 2020. Marcus also spotted two of the more rarely seen&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/crispa.htm&quot;&gt;Leathery sea anemone&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhti2hTRCUn19oLGeEyPN7oc3tRRo-DOy5vT_YAvDDlzSc8xqeYQw3PLpLfMaJAANuw1d9FaFy41hhTV3apLiiy4_3t7GoKmH9W4Bk3vMbPdZcK8YDHDsObBWEpWy3mFjhWbzcJWO_koNs8rhr5WOjEE3PAYyXFo2Gfup45MO0lbYmRMQDmjxvQ1kv44qo/s400/FotoJet---2023-09-03T083811-SMALL.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhti2hTRCUn19oLGeEyPN7oc3tRRo-DOy5vT_YAvDDlzSc8xqeYQw3PLpLfMaJAANuw1d9FaFy41hhTV3apLiiy4_3t7GoKmH9W4Bk3vMbPdZcK8YDHDsObBWEpWy3mFjhWbzcJWO_koNs8rhr5WOjEE3PAYyXFo2Gfup45MO0lbYmRMQDmjxvQ1kv44qo/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-09-03T083811-SMALL.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;So nice to know that two&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/bivalvia/tridacnidae/squamosa.htm&quot;&gt;Fluted giant clams&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;were seen! Kelvin saw one about 15cm long in the middle of the reef flat. While the rest of the team saw a smaller one near the reef edge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHBVSxFiQPfXKU1xNnIsaIYsEghh73iijY-phW5LXmKpmr3GwdvJONc3gKUrnBhyXb-IrnJSKU2KGylGexn5KJySzgbdTjreI6IHOj5GVVxr6_-tJpAEeKWehrO0Xm-9Ynmiw4TG-OTM5IDmXn7se1nH-38cGEIcq-84KpLgT2qLY-UiJA-p2Wj9B_2-M/s400/FotoJet---2023-09-03T084732.548-SMALL.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHBVSxFiQPfXKU1xNnIsaIYsEghh73iijY-phW5LXmKpmr3GwdvJONc3gKUrnBhyXb-IrnJSKU2KGylGexn5KJySzgbdTjreI6IHOj5GVVxr6_-tJpAEeKWehrO0Xm-9Ynmiw4TG-OTM5IDmXn7se1nH-38cGEIcq-84KpLgT2qLY-UiJA-p2Wj9B_2-M/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-09-03T084732.548-SMALL.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Special finds include a super tiny hairy sea horse by Richard! Marcus spotted a very lively&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/vertebrates/fish/antennariidae/black.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Black frogfish&lt;/a&gt;. In deeper water, also&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/vertebrates/fish/centriscidae/centriscidae.htm&quot;&gt;Razorfishes&lt;/a&gt;. There were also&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/asteroidea/culcita.htm&quot;&gt;Cushion sea stars&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and a pair of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/slugs/nudibranchia/rubropapulosa.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Orange-spotted nudibranchs&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;close to one another - these nudis eat other nudis, including their own kind...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk18MQNMn7Q4IahDodZXAr7zgH8W8Z4FYhxhJ-49CkX50Cob1LbZsVCNPgf8NXnMXlmslQl13Yv6ArtBxBpQsHJ3ZNgp2qu7Dl5F7-HQkFdZ0OLUiCCVRweEJnAq-G7Veii_ZVz18d3LRFLw118cZ9-uGfXoGUMhQmpEm5HtzxeaBHzhim1rykrF-ySI0/s400/FotoJet---2023-09-03T091340.986-SMALL.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk18MQNMn7Q4IahDodZXAr7zgH8W8Z4FYhxhJ-49CkX50Cob1LbZsVCNPgf8NXnMXlmslQl13Yv6ArtBxBpQsHJ3ZNgp2qu7Dl5F7-HQkFdZ0OLUiCCVRweEJnAq-G7Veii_ZVz18d3LRFLw118cZ9-uGfXoGUMhQmpEm5HtzxeaBHzhim1rykrF-ySI0/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-09-03T091340.986-SMALL.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Che Cheng took&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/794658653/videos/a.10160686763968654/719897366639313&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;great videos&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;of this super large sea hare that Kok Sheng had seen before as well. Like other sea hares, it emits a purplish dye when it is upset. Thanks to Che Cheng, we know it has a yellow foot too. With the recent sightings, I&#39;ve made new fact sheet for this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/slugs/anaspidae/dolabella.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Wedge sea hare&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLOrbDXqlcvtBh2zUm1pg8LVzZENKbGtvzuuXya8qlEtywN_G4hvqYrsdhZIy-ydAicHMWeYikuKN3MsGQC9_XvKszpxhXkdD0v6_gt6bMF9dR4LmS7tu2ZEO_qjsV74HfuE9lWZQEEjv_mVUeX4hnoSHezEzDpg6t2wo_Zbt_ejOZXSQp4O8pN4JkID0/s400/FotoJet---2023-09-03T085801.103-SMALL.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLOrbDXqlcvtBh2zUm1pg8LVzZENKbGtvzuuXya8qlEtywN_G4hvqYrsdhZIy-ydAicHMWeYikuKN3MsGQC9_XvKszpxhXkdD0v6_gt6bMF9dR4LmS7tu2ZEO_qjsV74HfuE9lWZQEEjv_mVUeX4hnoSHezEzDpg6t2wo_Zbt_ejOZXSQp4O8pN4JkID0/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-09-03T085801.103-SMALL.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Kelvin&#39;s&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=yongszeyuenkelvin&amp;amp;set=a.10168721106895112&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;drone overview of the northern shore&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;suggests that long Tape seagrasses have not returned as the shallow long channel along the midshore appear to be mostly bare sand.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.instagram.com/p/CwrYw0ZyI4X/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;amp;igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;TeamSeaGrass&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;was also monitoring on the shore at the same time, and reported that the seagrasses have not returned&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeu_seC7PrrmD0ZSMgxE5F_itYV4UEUTfjP8Ol8onDsxnsr2gLFdx1repZ7SxJsSomuugom6xvO4SWH7blLFZP1ET83zTGO-BxhP0ma0-xEtF6FkyWMBhxE8h3rupm58YufdZptfLT1tzEpk0ZfR_JJZs21795oFxjz-6IzGKGBm1nWhViI51GYMs-nac/s866/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20065502.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;469&quot; data-original-width=&quot;866&quot; height=&quot;216&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeu_seC7PrrmD0ZSMgxE5F_itYV4UEUTfjP8Ol8onDsxnsr2gLFdx1repZ7SxJsSomuugom6xvO4SWH7blLFZP1ET83zTGO-BxhP0ma0-xEtF6FkyWMBhxE8h3rupm58YufdZptfLT1tzEpk0ZfR_JJZs21795oFxjz-6IzGKGBm1nWhViI51GYMs-nac/w400-h216/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20065502.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The team did share sightings of seagrasses nearer the edge, with some long Tape seagrass and other seagrasses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitfIF2f6e9VlVD__OinIsxSqNzVrbjZ5zBzYvkYlwRcqxKEn0w9g3g__j3yUczcNlVOn-3VFbwnclQWE5pChYNhspwbXm1KtMMN4kxslUwMl1bVr1NPeIWJ_Csf3umjJyzqQI2o6521cZQvo0SLRW8AM90TXCPf4UrO5aeBlbX2LnNBGw8YpKtplEPzRM/s400/FotoJet---2023-09-03T080620.094-SMALL.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitfIF2f6e9VlVD__OinIsxSqNzVrbjZ5zBzYvkYlwRcqxKEn0w9g3g__j3yUczcNlVOn-3VFbwnclQWE5pChYNhspwbXm1KtMMN4kxslUwMl1bVr1NPeIWJ_Csf3umjJyzqQI2o6521cZQvo0SLRW8AM90TXCPf4UrO5aeBlbX2LnNBGw8YpKtplEPzRM/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-09-03T080620.094-SMALL.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;More about Pulau Semakau&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is NOT true that the construction of the Landfill created the marine life found on Pulau Semakau. The marine life was there long before the Landfill was built.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just as Changi Airport and Changi Beach are not the same even though they are near one another and share a name, Pulau Semakau is NOT the same as the Semakau Landfill. The Landfill was created by destroying all of Pulau Saking, and about half of the original Pulau Semakau by building a very long seawall. Fortunately, the landfill was constructed and is managed in such a way that the original mangroves, seagrass meadows and reefs on Pulau Semakau were allowed to remain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/43302070600&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/1925/43302070600_498c8e5f4b_w.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;What is the fate of Pulau Semakau South?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These shores slated for massive reclamation outlined recently in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/06/space-for-our-dreams-lots-of-land.html&quot;&gt;Long-Term Plan Review&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNT2n6u3lSo7KWKLcrZfFg9R0RUmqbiDXIfcHXGQyi6aIxU0SDkawRf5OO0DTTnucXMXVYShej46gZlmWkXsbTuElHBSvQmK-a9aDMCHqkgxdmDKXdO6TOK41c-Wyuhy9Y6kGG_0lmaL_OSFoxiJ6B0L9lWlM6spiTLr9gmJPueguJzVDrK4BHcjz/s530/southern-reclamation-low-res.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNT2n6u3lSo7KWKLcrZfFg9R0RUmqbiDXIfcHXGQyi6aIxU0SDkawRf5OO0DTTnucXMXVYShej46gZlmWkXsbTuElHBSvQmK-a9aDMCHqkgxdmDKXdO6TOK41c-Wyuhy9Y6kGG_0lmaL_OSFoxiJ6B0L9lWlM6spiTLr9gmJPueguJzVDrK4BHcjz/w400-h355/southern-reclamation-low-res.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Singapore Blue Plan 2018&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pulau Semakau and nearby islands and submerged reefs have been recommended by the Singapore Blue Plan 2018 for Immediate Conservation Priority. The Blue Plan recommends the intertidal and subtidal marine areas of Pulau Semakau and adjacent Pulau Hantu, and Pulau Jong to be designated Marine Reserve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixGIuPlkcZwgAfMnZBc-dRbJeYgizJMseJCtqyOB3vG_Qg87ie2v1b7_ADhbqNFrf9yy3xBG0kPuN-QX7PLti5-AWIVFNkXaJh6hmvZQrlLt3hc8zUMDLT6OvLjp3WGNv34NSUsTNB-z9JRhX-wNVbmIWAvcZ8lp5X5bODVZoPGpX43d8iCLdcLoF2Q4s/s2048/373692800_10160810244659264_1054157929917525579_n.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1536&quot; data-original-width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixGIuPlkcZwgAfMnZBc-dRbJeYgizJMseJCtqyOB3vG_Qg87ie2v1b7_ADhbqNFrf9yy3xBG0kPuN-QX7PLti5-AWIVFNkXaJh6hmvZQrlLt3hc8zUMDLT6OvLjp3WGNv34NSUsTNB-z9JRhX-wNVbmIWAvcZ8lp5X5bODVZoPGpX43d8iCLdcLoF2Q4s/w400-h300/373692800_10160810244659264_1054157929917525579_n.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Photo by Tammy Lim&lt;br /&gt;See her&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/511984263/videos/a.10160810211744264/263510816515694&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;panorama video here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;The Blue Plan highlights that Pulau Semakau and its associated patch reefs comprise many ecosystems: coral reefs, mangrove areas, intertidal sandflats, seagrass meadows, and coral reefs. The subtidal area of Pulau Jong is larger than the terrestrial area. Pulau Hantu is a popular dive site has seen increasing interest in the past decade due to biodiversity awareness. If protection is accorded to these three islands, zonation plans for use can be implemented to manage tourism and human impacts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DOWNLOAD the Plan, SUPPORT the Plan! 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It only takes a few minutes by fast boat to reach.&amp;nbsp;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipFgZkYG4KqcIo6u1RfNqglJMNdQjm71ra1CKybYSvAcHKGaHUoKxgHrmWfVdUwWBL3d9SCjzmMWy_fKYuv0heoEaiioKINMhTkPnuXTwUsoXXhELewpHln1PgP1Yxe8zvKvvbpoff2JNpmx_jeZflWed9BLKb5HnDU-aaF4-uxEcU2OEfDzZ1HYcoJKI/s400/FotoJet---2023-09-02T062445.097-small.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipFgZkYG4KqcIo6u1RfNqglJMNdQjm71ra1CKybYSvAcHKGaHUoKxgHrmWfVdUwWBL3d9SCjzmMWy_fKYuv0heoEaiioKINMhTkPnuXTwUsoXXhELewpHln1PgP1Yxe8zvKvvbpoff2JNpmx_jeZflWed9BLKb5HnDU-aaF4-uxEcU2OEfDzZ1HYcoJKI/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-09-02T062445.097-small.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;A collage of photos shared by the team.&lt;br /&gt;
360. Links to their albums below.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Here, the survey team saw delicate&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/acroporidae/monplate.htm&quot;&gt;Plate montipora corals&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/acroporidae/acrelegant.htm&quot;&gt;Acropora corals&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/merulinidae/hydboulder.htm&quot;&gt;Boulder horn coral&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;as well as many other commonly seen corals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Glad the &#39;Nemos&#39; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/vertebrates/fish/pomacentridae/ocellaris.htm&quot;&gt;Clown anemonefishes&lt;/a&gt;) are seen again here! The team also saw many small&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/gastropoda/cypraeidae/arabica.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Arabian cowries&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- like they did the day before at nearby St John&#39;s Island. As well as seldom sighted flatworms, fishes and crabs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheqZGnQMXFXYNSMeoHEMef0ZgAQjgfcw0OBEcZNDOZL-0OJ-WQIvfbq0LlvdSbSRqxsVijykWh4MVaZJ6C3ZIsAqoRYr9CNauE1dH-li-PAVHeEIqhzIKElE64qzYE0Wj4ErBCYn0XVqURHQEfs-EZ65rHnsBj442QIZVgknSrJRoUhpqo49thEYW1lRY/s400/FotoJet---2023-09-02T055120.267-small.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheqZGnQMXFXYNSMeoHEMef0ZgAQjgfcw0OBEcZNDOZL-0OJ-WQIvfbq0LlvdSbSRqxsVijykWh4MVaZJ6C3ZIsAqoRYr9CNauE1dH-li-PAVHeEIqhzIKElE64qzYE0Wj4ErBCYn0XVqURHQEfs-EZ65rHnsBj442QIZVgknSrJRoUhpqo49thEYW1lRY/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-09-02T055120.267-small.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Marcus also photographed the elusive &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/crustacea/othercrust/shrimp/saron.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Saron shrimp&lt;/a&gt;, surrounded by what seems to be newly released shrimp babies? (The little blue dots are their eyes).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPQCq803iuKVmM4ziTuCD_mK3-dBel_DDnZt6JWc6wFfaeZuOGy2Zl1m2qMLZTYqLrczJhvttjmp9jmTMiWhCXfxr6GK7GDac8tppRnkYctQPPnLyp4GUZvE-REYWX9D-RbrLeyVe4kj9g1KBRiEHDp_ryCSp5yNO8gYfvF9ot0L0bKHdq61jaT6aCPQ/s400/FotoJet---2023-09-02T053953.667-small.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPQCq803iuKVmM4ziTuCD_mK3-dBel_DDnZt6JWc6wFfaeZuOGy2Zl1m2qMLZTYqLrczJhvttjmp9jmTMiWhCXfxr6GK7GDac8tppRnkYctQPPnLyp4GUZvE-REYWX9D-RbrLeyVe4kj9g1KBRiEHDp_ryCSp5yNO8gYfvF9ot0L0bKHdq61jaT6aCPQ/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-09-02T053953.667-small.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Branching corals are often homes to small animals that are not found anywhere else. The team found and managed to take great photos of the well-hidden&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/vertebrates/fish/gobiidae/histrio.htm&quot;&gt;Acropora goby&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- usually found in a pair in one coral colony. The&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/crustacea/crab/trapezioidea/redcoral.htm&quot;&gt;Red coral crab&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/crustacea/crab/trapezioidea/bandit.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Bandit coral crab&lt;/a&gt;. As well as the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/crustacea/othercrust/shrimp/coralliocaris.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Machine gun shrimp&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- Unlike the snapping shrimp which only has one &#39;snapping&#39; pincer, the Machine gun shrimp has two such pincers, hence its common name.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/ophiuroidea/tinycolourful.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tiny colourful brittle stars&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;sometimes also infest soft corals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhukRXz-5z3KlYP73gcNcycVjWZgedtR83ySeMfQzwhhMJoWK-rfKLH4c419qCJ5wgEG0gn16qzno_Mjyp9Eo-HEGd9NvcIZUECt8TK--oGmoxbsgs1xYGn8IXiHYIQ-NKIHOSRflvG2DnYRcGYjEfBE1-KckGrX_V5k4yxX8j7WYGOps7dk2fLKYCHZeo/s400/FotoJet---2023-09-02T053350-small.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhukRXz-5z3KlYP73gcNcycVjWZgedtR83ySeMfQzwhhMJoWK-rfKLH4c419qCJ5wgEG0gn16qzno_Mjyp9Eo-HEGd9NvcIZUECt8TK--oGmoxbsgs1xYGn8IXiHYIQ-NKIHOSRflvG2DnYRcGYjEfBE1-KckGrX_V5k4yxX8j7WYGOps7dk2fLKYCHZeo/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-09-02T053350-small.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/magnifica.htm&quot;&gt;Magnificent anemones&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;remain plentiful at the mouth of the southern lagoon. As usual, the team saw three different body column colours: white, red and purple. There also seemed to be a lot of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/actinodendron.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Fire anemones&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8jdJOSL3YhnFzjXJnP4ciFhEJXjGDXK20JuWO286tT-0HbkNwJ5zGQrC1HnqK5pao5q7y4dIgU-DW7IPGMdLGiSDk0Q5Y2SwCOmlEJ9kFny15bytZjicusXglHVkKrMXkPuU8R1UgX82RX3gBi178dN6BYB8wUOfQEtIGVLyMnSlcqA3g-jJ7FCK8f0M/s400/FotoJet---2023-09-02T060547.678-small.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8jdJOSL3YhnFzjXJnP4ciFhEJXjGDXK20JuWO286tT-0HbkNwJ5zGQrC1HnqK5pao5q7y4dIgU-DW7IPGMdLGiSDk0Q5Y2SwCOmlEJ9kFny15bytZjicusXglHVkKrMXkPuU8R1UgX82RX3gBi178dN6BYB8wUOfQEtIGVLyMnSlcqA3g-jJ7FCK8f0M/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-09-02T060547.678-small.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Inside the southern lagoon, there remains good coverage of corals of various kinds. Including a large colony of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/poritidae/gonbig.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Anemone corals&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;No photos of the field of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/acroporidae/monbranch.htm&quot;&gt;Branching montipora corals&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;inside the lagoon though.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrk3llbILyL8eOzNM-gX1MMzf9mE04V9JzBCQbef8IuIaLXIExHOpzsbK4KtVTT5QZAK5jtpAHWU2aRK8jOrbt0VJuY77adJitOZQLl_cMdETy2EtFfn_4C7CBlLWn-eQFZlhJllXVi9R90YhjUWp_K4gAY8UmC3m4MpGBATZBNk7gGw8lDlejqoSVS5U/s400/FotoJet---2023-09-02T061210.079-small.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrk3llbILyL8eOzNM-gX1MMzf9mE04V9JzBCQbef8IuIaLXIExHOpzsbK4KtVTT5QZAK5jtpAHWU2aRK8jOrbt0VJuY77adJitOZQLl_cMdETy2EtFfn_4C7CBlLWn-eQFZlhJllXVi9R90YhjUWp_K4gAY8UmC3m4MpGBATZBNk7gGw8lDlejqoSVS5U/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-09-02T061210.079-small.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Photos by Loh Kok Sheng&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;The team also checked out the rich reefy area at the jetty. There were large Barrel sponges, good coral variety. Also a patch of Tape seagrass with long leaves. Alas, the Giant clam there seems to have died, only its shells remain. No documentation of coral bleaching on this survey.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_zqqQn8mmEtOctWMfUj0Zk2hAnhxS7-7DFfdftsBHmPbUBGRLltRbDUmO8oOjdJXx_yW5n-cDfE5jHd4Ogqf1SseKqfCXXfUuGunZ9KvsaKyz0VHh9oTRXkksWy5OasbnqkAnQRqLHMSKbw93wxP1Y5__IMJ-pXPLqb8S8RZc_wMt7n7S65qGzZgiauw/s400/FotoJet---2023-09-02T063838.225-small.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_zqqQn8mmEtOctWMfUj0Zk2hAnhxS7-7DFfdftsBHmPbUBGRLltRbDUmO8oOjdJXx_yW5n-cDfE5jHd4Ogqf1SseKqfCXXfUuGunZ9KvsaKyz0VHh9oTRXkksWy5OasbnqkAnQRqLHMSKbw93wxP1Y5__IMJ-pXPLqb8S8RZc_wMt7n7S65qGzZgiauw/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-09-02T063838.225-small.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;In the sandy southern lagoon, it seems there remains sprinkles of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/ovalis.htm&quot;&gt;Spoon seagrass&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(tiny leaves) and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/halodule.htm&quot;&gt;Needle seagrass&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(narrow leaves). The team saw&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/echinoidea/sandollar/arachnoides.htm&quot;&gt;Cake sand dollars&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/gastropoda/naticidae/mammilla.htm&quot;&gt;Oval moon snails&lt;/a&gt;, and Horn-eyed ghost crabs. But no&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/asteroidea/archaster.htm&quot;&gt;Common sea stars&lt;/a&gt;. Thanks to the team for conducting the survey while I&#39;m getting over the tummy bug.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-XM52NkMIVC2lIUCIYEdMihX6eH-FsTVLy2TBywB8gs_5AKoUFGQIYNPNHDRZE31JRy3sag4et1lf8F8T0NmOpIrBaC0_i677NrhJwiLlMFSytyTpgaxZd-jRlJv1j-WIsAL7SWow_dvNEdr1N_WFqvF2YTYydUK_b9tm4vKcAb017OaBaFz3kQ9ZN4/s400/FotoJet---2023-09-02T064539.041-small.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;333&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;333&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-XM52NkMIVC2lIUCIYEdMihX6eH-FsTVLy2TBywB8gs_5AKoUFGQIYNPNHDRZE31JRy3sag4et1lf8F8T0NmOpIrBaC0_i677NrhJwiLlMFSytyTpgaxZd-jRlJv1j-WIsAL7SWow_dvNEdr1N_WFqvF2YTYydUK_b9tm4vKcAb017OaBaFz3kQ9ZN4/w400-h333/FotoJet---2023-09-02T064539.041-small.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kusu Island in the Singapore Blue Plan&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The cluster of Kusu, Lazarus and St. John&#39;s Islands has been recommended by the Singapore Blue Plan 2018 for elevated protection status.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGoqNZz7eqG8MGW-jjdyi58J8RXQqoKCRyo7HBxJSp3w9mFdcFvMGWMbqgaRthjSM4DhUdNe08zW3VOz_vMgSnUt1hGm8D-W8JjYEKxsVcDemEqhivL_u4YeLloCnw3etLGrr3HGO8v8Q6rirGnr7a3l-ONL17B4BISsGZAIm3VA7cI2hGc8oC6jFkWcU/s1886/372685001_101606che%20cheng.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1061&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1886&quot; height=&quot;225&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGoqNZz7eqG8MGW-jjdyi58J8RXQqoKCRyo7HBxJSp3w9mFdcFvMGWMbqgaRthjSM4DhUdNe08zW3VOz_vMgSnUt1hGm8D-W8JjYEKxsVcDemEqhivL_u4YeLloCnw3etLGrr3HGO8v8Q6rirGnr7a3l-ONL17B4BISsGZAIm3VA7cI2hGc8oC6jFkWcU/w400-h225/372685001_101606che%20cheng.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Photo by Che Cheng Neo&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;The Blue Plan highlights that Lazarus, St. John’s, and Kusu Islands are established sites for coral nurseries as their shoreline offers ideal sheltered areas for growth of corals. 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Here, there are living rocky shores, reefs, seagrass meadows.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2Z7sp1xxGAvilgrrqENCX0POL99M6DuApwAbQSARa6HqZqbDv863PU0LG74pn_obam43oo82O2zKQngorACnZ-MuvG8bQDmZRNS38iQe1aY9oVXM7KFZQehKAj6PV3sN6yc93XTmMIUTII4E7N2iUMi_5QLmEIvZ0I0vpQ7nBoA11GWSh5UND04bxgc/s400/FotoJet---2023-09-01T074932-small.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2Z7sp1xxGAvilgrrqENCX0POL99M6DuApwAbQSARa6HqZqbDv863PU0LG74pn_obam43oo82O2zKQngorACnZ-MuvG8bQDmZRNS38iQe1aY9oVXM7KFZQehKAj6PV3sN6yc93XTmMIUTII4E7N2iUMi_5QLmEIvZ0I0vpQ7nBoA11GWSh5UND04bxgc/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-09-01T074932-small.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;A collage of photos shared by the team.&lt;br /&gt;Links to their albums below.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;The untouched western shore is part of the Sisters Islands Marine Park.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The team saw lots of small Diadema sea urchins, and small Arabian cowries. Always good to know that a shore is hospitable to young animals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;On a night trip, fishes are less shy and easier to photograph. The team didn&#39;t disappoint! They shared lots of photos of &#39;Nemos&#39; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/vertebrates/fish/pomacentridae/ocellaris.htm&quot;&gt;Clown anemonefishes&lt;/a&gt;)&amp;nbsp;in both&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/gigantea.htm&quot;&gt;Giant carpet anemones&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/magnifica.htm&quot;&gt;Magnificent anemones&lt;/a&gt;! Che Cheng took the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/794658653/videos/a.10160682743123654/324588810044002&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;best video of them here&lt;/a&gt;. Kelvin encountered a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/vertebrates/fish/selachii/selachii.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Black tipped reef shark&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/734420111/videos/a.10168713160895112/272505855644359&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;video here&lt;/a&gt;! Arjun spotted a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/vertebrates/fish/antennariidae/trisignatus.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Spotted-tail frogfish&lt;/a&gt;! Other fishes seen included damselfishes, wrasse, filefishes and more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgioee_Tsa20bv1GAa9SfN2f3cktgiwi1qKfTNC5bz-n4uzgLc_ObwRTWeLXrMieS0pek-wGB9Mng2CDHZOX0uKCl8g5BdyULawzvG-Vnji_oaENGpaf3D539YgygfrIBitRCxIT0569X3sRyUgoKaRAZ8C4NwfhTBSaJQcTl5iUCJHSyPrRzCFzH_tupA/s400/FotoJet---2023-09-01T073139.662-small.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgioee_Tsa20bv1GAa9SfN2f3cktgiwi1qKfTNC5bz-n4uzgLc_ObwRTWeLXrMieS0pek-wGB9Mng2CDHZOX0uKCl8g5BdyULawzvG-Vnji_oaENGpaf3D539YgygfrIBitRCxIT0569X3sRyUgoKaRAZ8C4NwfhTBSaJQcTl5iUCJHSyPrRzCFzH_tupA/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-09-01T073139.662-small.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Some other special finds by the team include some rarely seen animals like Zebra moon snail, Fuzzy reef crab, first sighting of Bayer&#39;s flatworm on this shore (in two colour forms?), Jewelled chiton, Pizza anemone and Bubble tip anemone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9mjBjMjcRVOotcqEKgcMVAVI96_eVaClxfzUi2cr0jn0zhCfh2-slzwr9-5i_leHoK4aQRkxclT7iC86xP9QlLWU4TMEPYBrNVMtn1mj1bMX_cox8STdPnisSh8S2-Z80xygaGEPck61lU4oEhiK3qKDfSLbIit4C9wiR0PylI7fofZ3BuBVkSHuXY9o/s400/FotoJet---2023-09-01T073818.647-small.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9mjBjMjcRVOotcqEKgcMVAVI96_eVaClxfzUi2cr0jn0zhCfh2-slzwr9-5i_leHoK4aQRkxclT7iC86xP9QlLWU4TMEPYBrNVMtn1mj1bMX_cox8STdPnisSh8S2-Z80xygaGEPck61lU4oEhiK3qKDfSLbIit4C9wiR0PylI7fofZ3BuBVkSHuXY9o/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-09-01T073818.647-small.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I skipped the survey as I fell ill, but from the photos shared by the team, the overall coral situation seems similar to our last survey here in&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/04/alls-well-at-st-johns-island.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Apr 2022&lt;/a&gt;. There are not a lot of hard corals on this shore, but those seem were most doing well. Most of the corals are common varieties that are seen on many of our shores: Most corals seen were the boulder-shaped varieties - some quite large and mostly well formed without any large dead patches. Also some plate forming and branching corals. Special corals seen included a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/fungiidae/circular.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;circular mushroom coral&lt;/a&gt;. A variety&amp;nbsp;of medium-sized colonies of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralsoft/coralsoft.htm&quot;&gt;leathery soft corals&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;were seen, as well as&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/others/gorgonacea/leathery.htm&quot;&gt;Leathery sea fans&lt;/a&gt;. Only a few hard corals and leathery soft corals had pale or bleached portions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvgkHgvT0dH3P3MhmEHCbdpcJF6wnQ2hB_vHLVz2Jlh0Ci2H5bDLvS-FqlIEp7Wl90uQwT4IFhMdaUgOk-PF36DKkgjore5ORP9h465UC9Xny1ahnwTSiG_ZPq0Dp-JiJR-EPupmEg_dxp1IAeQ5TCRnOGOkMSepcUc7U2k6IhG84XOcrBE5ZWuxoyVF4/s400/FotoJet---2023-09-01T071356.945-small.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvgkHgvT0dH3P3MhmEHCbdpcJF6wnQ2hB_vHLVz2Jlh0Ci2H5bDLvS-FqlIEp7Wl90uQwT4IFhMdaUgOk-PF36DKkgjore5ORP9h465UC9Xny1ahnwTSiG_ZPq0Dp-JiJR-EPupmEg_dxp1IAeQ5TCRnOGOkMSepcUc7U2k6IhG84XOcrBE5ZWuxoyVF4/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-09-01T071356.945-small.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;In the sandy lagoons, the team saw many&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/asteroidea/archaster.htm&quot;&gt;Common sea stars&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/haddoni.htm&quot;&gt;Haddon&#39;s carpet anemones&lt;/a&gt; with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/crustacea/othercrust/shrimp/brevicarpalis.htm&quot;&gt;Peacocktail anemone shrimp&lt;/a&gt;, Cerianthids, Moon crabs and Fiddler crabs.&amp;nbsp;One clump of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/enhalus.htm&quot;&gt;Tape seagrass&lt;/a&gt;, was noted growing outside the eastern seawall, with rather short leaves (about 30cm), among Spoon seagrass similar to what I saw here in&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/04/alls-well-at-st-johns-island.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Apr 2022&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJRXtf6dKl9XpgNst08zzaRWgV4a5fsSfSMEMhGZcTT-5wt0I519NpyA4sX1LRfT0D5A8T7iRoe7qXzjxz9PYXcbLQS-n6N5GWm9WI-udHk7j7mKpeE60daNUa1r15sZ3Aa4Hq--i1UNjkz1Gi_8ipLl-Sh28efXADeK9AQuqLxUpzGI81AXJldfZh4j4/s400/FotoJet---2023-09-01T080419.107-small.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJRXtf6dKl9XpgNst08zzaRWgV4a5fsSfSMEMhGZcTT-5wt0I519NpyA4sX1LRfT0D5A8T7iRoe7qXzjxz9PYXcbLQS-n6N5GWm9WI-udHk7j7mKpeE60daNUa1r15sZ3Aa4Hq--i1UNjkz1Gi_8ipLl-Sh28efXADeK9AQuqLxUpzGI81AXJldfZh4j4/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-09-01T080419.107-small.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The team saw a long fish net laid across the mouth of the lagoon near the jetty. And a large fish trap on the reef edge on the natural reef.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBMeOR4SO8qr97db2WuLXyEcgTqaGtXfI5qNmM5DIJfSpoIrco5DOs5wggYtikxs53YvXRj3Y_OZG6Oj2qCrF4SzReeHftftLK5bmnM07sJsaukOwHrvavFqUSyyhT1fYmP1OaPlCR-z07BIpKs1ecY621-ET_fozerbrzid-JfYfMyYTUl712BiyNZWA/s400/FotoJet---2023-09-01T075617.698-small.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBMeOR4SO8qr97db2WuLXyEcgTqaGtXfI5qNmM5DIJfSpoIrco5DOs5wggYtikxs53YvXRj3Y_OZG6Oj2qCrF4SzReeHftftLK5bmnM07sJsaukOwHrvavFqUSyyhT1fYmP1OaPlCR-z07BIpKs1ecY621-ET_fozerbrzid-JfYfMyYTUl712BiyNZWA/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-09-01T075617.698-small.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;St John&#39;s Island in the Singapore Blue Plan&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Singapore Blue Plan 2018 highlights the importance of St John&#39;s Island to our marine biodiversity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The cluster of Kusu, Lazarus and St. John&#39;s Islands has been recommended by the Singapore Blue Plan 2018 for elevated protection status. The Blue Plan highlights that Lazarus, St. John’s, and Kusu Islands are established sites for coral nurseries as their shoreline offers ideal sheltered areas for growth of corals. Designating these islands as No-fishing Areas can bolster their rehabilitation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Protecting a larger cluster of islands means zonation plans for use can be implemented to manage tourism and human impacts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DOWNLOAD the Plan, SUPPORT the Plan! More on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://singaporeblueplan2018.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Singapore Blue Plan 2018 site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Photos by those on the survey&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/yongszeyuenkelvin/posts/pfbid0pc3Wfbr1pV5f5a1ufsuwkA819fw8oZRxavg9LhKdDHPAzeTxLmYLMVdSiRzhhjSNl?__cft__[0]=AZW7Z4o6GTunYtTH_zCnLP-bCZv1KDtJkc6jxUegR7eP9Mf4R-9zLwdGCMj7K-On_PEXnmq7RVcTkz8pk2sT6B8aStYlMsXwr6cYJqqVDzdY1BhGK989oOnwjEwlSob5x1rhIPzyk0G-L3n0Y51Cj0XNlVMkqtbQU5bwb3d0mIyrcQ&amp;amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Kelvin Yong&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe allow=&quot;autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;855&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; src=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fyongszeyuenkelvin%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0pc3Wfbr1pV5f5a1ufsuwkA819fw8oZRxavg9LhKdDHPAzeTxLmYLMVdSiRzhhjSNl&amp;amp;show_text=true&amp;amp;width=500&quot; 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href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53096922866/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living reefs of Terumbu Bemban, Aug 2023&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living reefs of Terumbu Bemban, Aug 2023&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53096922866_9474a3d03b_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;There doesn&#39;t seem to be a recovery from the decline we noticed in the reefiest part on our last survey in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/04/two-clam-day-at-terumbu-bemban.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Apr 2022&lt;/a&gt;. But there remains many corals here. The rest of the team spotted a Giant clam and other interesting marine life. While Kelvin flew the drone and got footage of a shark hunting in the shallows.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Thanks to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=yongszeyuenkelvin&amp;amp;set=a.10168637427360112&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Kelvin&#39;s drone view&lt;/a&gt;, I realise the Terumbu is heart-shaped!&amp;nbsp;The rest of the team saw cool and interesting animals. From a Giant clam to fishes and nudibranchs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfNMDD0Hc2kuK9EE6Qw1yYHNSP5eWyqqJ3h46i3aVkujOt2qO5BzsIAAT2Th15uWDX-WibjNYcNqYwcZOK3VxUfxnPn3SSd4tlE7OBHP4xAUIIfTruOemUJXkIhNpGGeBxx6ynEYgGDtYyXPwbgrn5hMS8Xzt_ZCBVOQolteH0ywSEqG5qjHg1GtLScdM/s400/FotoJet---2023-08-09T093539-small.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfNMDD0Hc2kuK9EE6Qw1yYHNSP5eWyqqJ3h46i3aVkujOt2qO5BzsIAAT2Th15uWDX-WibjNYcNqYwcZOK3VxUfxnPn3SSd4tlE7OBHP4xAUIIfTruOemUJXkIhNpGGeBxx6ynEYgGDtYyXPwbgrn5hMS8Xzt_ZCBVOQolteH0ywSEqG5qjHg1GtLScdM/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-08-09T093539-small.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Collage from photos by the team. &lt;br /&gt;Links to their albums below.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kelvin also tracked a shark swimming along the reef edge and making a turn into the shallower water. A reminder to us not to step on the sharks when surveying the reef edge!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe allow=&quot;autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;314&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; src=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&amp;amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fyongszeyuenkelvin%2Fvideos%2F1079909216726336%2F&amp;amp;show_text=false&amp;amp;width=560&amp;amp;t=0&quot; style=&quot;border: none; overflow: hidden;&quot; width=&quot;560&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is a small area here that was densely covered with hard corals. As on our last survey in &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/04/two-clam-day-at-terumbu-bemban.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Apr 2022&lt;/a&gt;, Today, I didn&#39;t see as many live corals as in &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2021/05/terumbu-bemban-still-reefy.html&quot;&gt;May 2021&lt;/a&gt;. I sense many of the large corals at the reef edge were dead and covered with algae. I&#39;m still not really sure what happened. Aside from one large coral at the reef edge that was bleaching, the rest of the corals seemed alright.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53097105024/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living reefs of Terumbu Bemban, Aug 2023&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living reefs of Terumbu Bemban, Aug 2023&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53097105024_8f97a8b6f2_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;There were still some healthy large corals on the edge, and I saw a variety of corals here, including many mushroom corals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMn_v6E7AX8xJtfGLcMJ8MzUdWU1eDGq8kBIDb7aTGdmPn-g3CsvF6cDa3hs975uVrbscmcsjy9kHBa8OfMDCtcltZ0JVQnU7PpCPm_C1vudCcAuVid6J5asBTsyx69AzDn_dW9J_TDdXTClAdj_ceW_I2YN7lVhK7qftQI82-xB4ZTFMH2us-QxdbQqM/s400/FotoJet---2023-08-06T184214.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMn_v6E7AX8xJtfGLcMJ8MzUdWU1eDGq8kBIDb7aTGdmPn-g3CsvF6cDa3hs975uVrbscmcsjy9kHBa8OfMDCtcltZ0JVQnU7PpCPm_C1vudCcAuVid6J5asBTsyx69AzDn_dW9J_TDdXTClAdj_ceW_I2YN7lVhK7qftQI82-xB4ZTFMH2us-QxdbQqM/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-08-06T184214.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Elsewhere, the reef is dotted with medium to large boulder shaped corals. I didn&#39;t see any that were bleaching.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53096347377/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living reefs of Terumbu Bemban, Aug 2023&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living reefs of Terumbu Bemban, Aug 2023&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53096347377_9d0e8d1c6d_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Scattered elsewhere on the reef flat, I also came across small colonies of interesting corals such as Brain anchor coral, and Acropora corals. There were also many common corals like Anemone coral and Cauliflower corals. I didn&#39;t see any that were bleaching.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVAUMfkrBGAGMzGR8cN5U-X8UZv5rcGS0ZpLmC9kaiDzlVbKwPPj7lly1aqJYhx6vY0p1cNLikcyCtzJJa2hTbCw_OKSvi82_SP0mrQFOSFMYKs3U-wOlKKfewYzzubp1IazocsLQAVHOfOSzBQbu_-Te-bxeawJ0Vnl-1QuljsRPTu2K9JmPnxnByRA/s400/FotoJet---2023-08-06T185759.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVAUMfkrBGAGMzGR8cN5U-X8UZv5rcGS0ZpLmC9kaiDzlVbKwPPj7lly1aqJYhx6vY0p1cNLikcyCtzJJa2hTbCw_OKSvi82_SP0mrQFOSFMYKs3U-wOlKKfewYzzubp1IazocsLQAVHOfOSzBQbu_-Te-bxeawJ0Vnl-1QuljsRPTu2K9JmPnxnByRA/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-08-06T185759.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I saw a few small clusters of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/acroporidae/monbranch.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Branching montipora corals&lt;/a&gt;. These corals sometimes form large &#39;fields&#39; on other submerged reefs. Hopefully, the same will happen here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZCV_n2lSMe0cK-14YykYusuzdNtyhQ6J7YuYMwGC9BKqupgeaPvrg_lUNcB7Bw-s_muY4b5AXHP9AsAfJznV9UsOS9Taa0lTscJZEPuPW_KoTMhNFf6awSGsurl31BvZFP6LQEaauguksWRI-NQeEa703_gp3W754pONMhPlUrlg_PSPr9nB-RePtoo4/s400/FotoJet---2023-08-06T182311.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZCV_n2lSMe0cK-14YykYusuzdNtyhQ6J7YuYMwGC9BKqupgeaPvrg_lUNcB7Bw-s_muY4b5AXHP9AsAfJznV9UsOS9Taa0lTscJZEPuPW_KoTMhNFf6awSGsurl31BvZFP6LQEaauguksWRI-NQeEa703_gp3W754pONMhPlUrlg_PSPr9nB-RePtoo4/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-08-06T182311.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I also saw many small to medium sized colonies of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralsoft/alcyoniidae.htm&quot;&gt;leathery soft corals&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;of various kinds. And some&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralsoft/nepasparagus.htm&quot;&gt;Asparagus flowery soft coral&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/others/gorgonacea/leathery.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Leathery sea fans&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;Those I saw seemed alright.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRx5FHKdLyZLtjbM_mbQlfpHoYqn2T_vJK4Xg0IHU_PkBwsReLOeDzSfpwwxZxbDBTfQKTotbi-GZBnlDM3NFYEA9LVs1KVHWMJ159SYI2NMbQQJIGA3UCad2n6K3cvjyc249l7lyQ7Wp_4uIGeZ4z834nNwEUWBrqy3P2HroegcSG4HzqyET-NvQ3B-U/s400/FotoJet---2023-08-06T181631.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRx5FHKdLyZLtjbM_mbQlfpHoYqn2T_vJK4Xg0IHU_PkBwsReLOeDzSfpwwxZxbDBTfQKTotbi-GZBnlDM3NFYEA9LVs1KVHWMJ159SYI2NMbQQJIGA3UCad2n6K3cvjyc249l7lyQ7Wp_4uIGeZ4z834nNwEUWBrqy3P2HroegcSG4HzqyET-NvQ3B-U/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-08-06T181631.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Today, the seagrass situation seems more similar to our survey in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2021/05/terumbu-bemban-still-reefy.html&quot;&gt;May 2021&lt;/a&gt;. Back sliding from the slight improvement we saw on our last survey in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/04/two-clam-day-at-terumbu-bemban.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Apr 2022&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;I saw several clumps of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/enhalus.htm&quot;&gt;Tape seagrass&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;with longish leaves (about 20-30cm). I saw many that were cropped short. There were also sprinkles&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/ovalis.htm&quot;&gt;Spoon seagrasses&lt;/a&gt;. I didn&#39;t see any&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/thalassia.htm&quot;&gt;Sickle seagrasses&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu8GLoF4sG-laNRZ5UJZVnf5fnQUt-VfDCxGcKP8FyUYWvW42JLGQ7hpD_VDOKY2ltKpOelrgWWfYgM-W3oiU24IMHVzqaRUXt8wlsqhZDAQ_vZv5qD16q8QhuJxH7DQttGZjC0lJVR7weZCTF4YkE5k5oHplFRIOSDiISLeltZw1w44z_ofQyhsNZ2a4/s400/FotoJet---2023-08-06T173343.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu8GLoF4sG-laNRZ5UJZVnf5fnQUt-VfDCxGcKP8FyUYWvW42JLGQ7hpD_VDOKY2ltKpOelrgWWfYgM-W3oiU24IMHVzqaRUXt8wlsqhZDAQ_vZv5qD16q8QhuJxH7DQttGZjC0lJVR7weZCTF4YkE5k5oHplFRIOSDiISLeltZw1w44z_ofQyhsNZ2a4/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-08-06T173343.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Terumbu Bemban is the western most submerged reef just before the Life Firing Islands. From here, we can see Pulau Bukom. The area nearby is now also used for a lot of ship anchoring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-BzuAng24d-js64Edirz0thhXE7oHoZOBO0TnjMYWo5YcXqHwNNTJzwT-jYMsYc4y5aLVCDudE0LNgSJ6gPv8bDI0e3mBxTnaRP7eJI7053ag_ZQhHFHOYu6ZHLc1LsKQx9aTCjdE74z1/s400/terumbu+semakau.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Singapore&#39;s submerged reefs are often out of sight under the high tide and thus forgotten. Let&#39;s hope Terumbu Bemban stays safe until we can visit again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Future of Terumbu Bemban&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Large areas nearby are slated for massive reclamation outlined recently in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/06/space-for-our-dreams-lots-of-land.html&quot;&gt;Long-Term Plan Review&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNT2n6u3lSo7KWKLcrZfFg9R0RUmqbiDXIfcHXGQyi6aIxU0SDkawRf5OO0DTTnucXMXVYShej46gZlmWkXsbTuElHBSvQmK-a9aDMCHqkgxdmDKXdO6TOK41c-Wyuhy9Y6kGG_0lmaL_OSFoxiJ6B0L9lWlM6spiTLr9gmJPueguJzVDrK4BHcjz/s530/southern-reclamation-low-res.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNT2n6u3lSo7KWKLcrZfFg9R0RUmqbiDXIfcHXGQyi6aIxU0SDkawRf5OO0DTTnucXMXVYShej46gZlmWkXsbTuElHBSvQmK-a9aDMCHqkgxdmDKXdO6TOK41c-Wyuhy9Y6kGG_0lmaL_OSFoxiJ6B0L9lWlM6spiTLr9gmJPueguJzVDrK4BHcjz/w400-h355/southern-reclamation-low-res.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Singapore Blue Plan 2018&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pulau Semakau and nearby islands and submerged reefs have been recommended by the Singapore Blue Plan 2018 for Immediate Conservation Priority. The Blue Plan recommends the intertidal and subtidal marine areas of Pulau Semakau and adjacent Pulau Hantu, and Pulau Jong to be designated Marine Reserve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53097321840/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living reefs of Terumbu Bemban, Aug 2023&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living reefs of Terumbu Bemban, Aug 2023&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53097321840_52eae308d3_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The Blue Plan highlights that Pulau Semakau and its associated patch reefs comprise many ecosystems: coral reefs, mangrove areas, intertidal sandflats, seagrass meadows, and coral reefs. The subtidal area of Pulau Jong is larger than the terrestrial area. Pulau Hantu is a popular dive site has seen increasing interest in the past decade due to biodiversity awareness. If protection is accorded to these three islands, zonation plans for use can be implemented to manage tourism and human impacts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DOWNLOAD the Plan, SUPPORT the Plan! 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href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53094857374/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Exploring Terumbu Hantu&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Exploring Terumbu Hantu&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53094857374_319f01488d_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Today, we saw lots of healthy corals and other amazing marine life. Kelvin flew the drone and got stunning views of the reef and surrounding area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Kelvin flew the drone and his footage gave new perspectives with closeup views of a huge colony of Galaxy coral on Terumbu Hantu, which lies just off Pulau Hantu. From high up, the many boat strikes are also more obvious. Kelvin also got tantalizing glimpses of Cigar Reef - what the divers call it. From his &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/734420111/videos/pcb.10168627996460112/838516607610283&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;close up fly-by&lt;/a&gt;, there are many Magnificent anemones, also large corals and many mushroom corals. We have never actually surveyed this small neighbour of Terumbu Hantu before. Check out Kelvin&#39;s&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/yongszeyuenkelvin/posts/pfbid0xL8312th69JMxyte1m4kL8A68p4r9J4zmwkX4k12UdxCV9eQL1KpUsuQLtXQYd3il?__cft__[0]=AZXZSkktSLGCv1O4AJfv-qcqVn5ULmHsCZ2txkkpoRAB0Ui6lypriJ1gtRR39IXrrQhM0XgpNSiGbMjZWZCMFU5X3CMKNo2TZJUOt6rBrRNomoNkZuDSbbFvMc0O-HVSzzY&amp;amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;drone videos here&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOS89Z9BxmDu-ai4LgAZ8gU8AeshSIX1xFGTjB6pYPVXFp8h5NE-rM5PCooa0OVLn8_Oy0WVh2YC2TBcLyISxqIBwW1Hvir3H62HtDtDUC-2Oz_CM3cLV9GQKpYr1qOOShQzqqRapOKGFFsKcYAN0_O1Ml5dBByag7Jiu5OeOJfdiHT2lkxnpkhNY6s6g/s400/FotoJet---2023-08-12T113125.235-small.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOS89Z9BxmDu-ai4LgAZ8gU8AeshSIX1xFGTjB6pYPVXFp8h5NE-rM5PCooa0OVLn8_Oy0WVh2YC2TBcLyISxqIBwW1Hvir3H62HtDtDUC-2Oz_CM3cLV9GQKpYr1qOOShQzqqRapOKGFFsKcYAN0_O1Ml5dBByag7Jiu5OeOJfdiHT2lkxnpkhNY6s6g/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-08-12T113125.235-small.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Screen capture from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=yongszeyuenkelvin&amp;amp;set=a.10168627996390112&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Kelvin&#39;s drone footage&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;On Terumbu Hantu, there remains many&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/gigantea.htm&quot;&gt;Giant carpet anemones&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and most had&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/vertebrates/fish/pomacentridae/ocellaris.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Clown anemonefish&lt;/a&gt;. I also saw a Halloween flatworm and a sea anemone that doesn&#39;t look like any that I commonly see.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.2px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4uQAtnrwg4-FXFR8EIjTWOwxQF90XfMSvqvGxJPihE_gNY9j2d0Ww0oL73ttp3E4PSlvSsd_0M1gu4wQRlN_1lOoNXEDq_c8IJQLI0K5h1wpEAJPFdsX5shE8yoK0LQNO5OYPCgkfzyCnmx47VmUpqlqPxtKfgngkI1HXyFzw431Ljx7QEorGiD7LKhc/s400/FotoJet---2023-08-05T165606.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4uQAtnrwg4-FXFR8EIjTWOwxQF90XfMSvqvGxJPihE_gNY9j2d0Ww0oL73ttp3E4PSlvSsd_0M1gu4wQRlN_1lOoNXEDq_c8IJQLI0K5h1wpEAJPFdsX5shE8yoK0LQNO5OYPCgkfzyCnmx47VmUpqlqPxtKfgngkI1HXyFzw431Ljx7QEorGiD7LKhc/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-08-05T165606.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The rest of the team saw many more Clown anemonefishes from tiny to large. They saw two&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/asteroidea/culcita.htm&quot;&gt;Cushion stars&lt;/a&gt;, lots of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/echinoidea/urchin/diadema.htm&quot;&gt;Diadema urchins&lt;/a&gt;, all kinds of fish and nudibranchs. Unfortunately, none of us saw giant clams or the Merten&#39;s carpet anemone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ncsMdcubPuIF3pxM3NCLBdEmQ09ALJcb_084PY9vAOPKC_LCOXlHB8-MavzIHtrRzBnh9w21tAc3p5KmQDfALE2ZqekvMiNE9nQYlXAnNe8guwyDVbUUo6Yj35rvl84W3KIrj9mKxpUddr4nqKLReG9mCE0U-kS4sQ0NMizkVBJt84pzfCMG8eCt4j8/s400/FotoJet---2023-08-12T182050-small.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ncsMdcubPuIF3pxM3NCLBdEmQ09ALJcb_084PY9vAOPKC_LCOXlHB8-MavzIHtrRzBnh9w21tAc3p5KmQDfALE2ZqekvMiNE9nQYlXAnNe8guwyDVbUUo6Yj35rvl84W3KIrj9mKxpUddr4nqKLReG9mCE0U-kS4sQ0NMizkVBJt84pzfCMG8eCt4j8/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-08-12T182050-small.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Montage of photos by the team. Links to albums below.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the bright sunlight and clear water, I managed to get a somewhat nice video of the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/worm/polycladida/orangewhite.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Halloween flatworm&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53094086967/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Halloween flatworm (Pseudobiceros sp. 5)&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Halloween flatworm (Pseudobiceros sp. 5)&quot; height=&quot;225&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/53094086967_2b03888f4f_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The reef edge opposite Pulau Hantu has lots of large colonies of common corals. As well as a few less commonly seen ones. I didn&#39;t see any corals that were bleaching.&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0cSK9y6ueaAt8FH5vANl8ym2v06TujGnxyUIdkjzIzZn8201VozuDShHWXzggg5KMqwh3xVyXxcJm08vFVokfQJ38I-OZIEMXtg65gPliv95IFPiD5f4fv4BDWIC6T-WBuGkF7xpDfl5q_CdyDrZSh5A-lxfhfBhoum53-GqKnkCuxAAcFEpu3kOuL1U/s400/FotoJet---2023-08-05T163126.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0cSK9y6ueaAt8FH5vANl8ym2v06TujGnxyUIdkjzIzZn8201VozuDShHWXzggg5KMqwh3xVyXxcJm08vFVokfQJ38I-OZIEMXtg65gPliv95IFPiD5f4fv4BDWIC6T-WBuGkF7xpDfl5q_CdyDrZSh5A-lxfhfBhoum53-GqKnkCuxAAcFEpu3kOuL1U/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-08-05T163126.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Large colonies of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/acroporidae/acrelegant.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Acropora coral&lt;/a&gt; have been seen growing in the boat strike &#39;hole&#39; since our survey in &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2020/07/terumbu-hantu-not-much-bleaching.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Jul 2020&lt;/a&gt;. Today, they are still doing well. There were also some special &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/merulinidae/hydnophora.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Horn corals&lt;/a&gt; and a coral that I couldn&#39;t identify. I also noticed some Acropora growing on the reef edge near the &#39;hole&#39;. As well as a large colony of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/euphylliidae/galaxea.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Galaxy corals&lt;/a&gt; (white because the polyps are retracted when the colony is out of water).&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlpbruyf1gOOJZPu6yp-1ByzUF33dFrqVTFbpXufsspOljKDNfMot9SKkxAv09UwalIRvmnfkx1X1GJ5_ZgVTcCKZ4_J23Ejj4tVnVK3aCL-U-Y3_dhFBxKS734PwpbulnH_-WI49vEMEWVg7glT0Vweb4tqz8sZT33OIiAIVy-Z9tjUyeaPaGfCZ88s/s400/FotoJet---2023-08-05T161312.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlpbruyf1gOOJZPu6yp-1ByzUF33dFrqVTFbpXufsspOljKDNfMot9SKkxAv09UwalIRvmnfkx1X1GJ5_ZgVTcCKZ4_J23Ejj4tVnVK3aCL-U-Y3_dhFBxKS734PwpbulnH_-WI49vEMEWVg7glT0Vweb4tqz8sZT33OIiAIVy-Z9tjUyeaPaGfCZ88s/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-08-05T161312.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;There remains a wide variety of mushroom corals here, most were large and healthy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNTUYalkAWWQFVotNwdAyy4vHFzj_RK3nyP4-9CRBXNSd5XWDd2BGPeJ7e1u0S6QqP5k3Dcu1rennHKDU23NEujAc0mocam7dXdF9teOGkDhoTikVHwl4Hh-T0bJRGk5yl6p2hf7FuqTsSHRa5fDFcwsomCLwaYaZYAYLpqT3aw2-nXEy9owcGFVL0_nU/s400/FotoJet---2023-08-05T160908.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNTUYalkAWWQFVotNwdAyy4vHFzj_RK3nyP4-9CRBXNSd5XWDd2BGPeJ7e1u0S6QqP5k3Dcu1rennHKDU23NEujAc0mocam7dXdF9teOGkDhoTikVHwl4Hh-T0bJRGk5yl6p2hf7FuqTsSHRa5fDFcwsomCLwaYaZYAYLpqT3aw2-nXEy9owcGFVL0_nU/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-08-05T160908.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I saw many medium-sized leathery soft corals, of various kinds. All those I saw seemed fine.&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBn_2EwHJiCP3h02nEIeK5kwUhDqG7m8wIMRTUq4tiK6kqwnO_C8RKE5rZQc9BTwirahSx0hMxj_NVsrDRvo2QdbJ6cUfEk_CnqIEwGAKa6oyLHdJtCzQzjF83z8pMpNopFe0Cdry3pJ9OzfBy9y6cFU6ZncpNY0bo8uwz7uIOU8gUNVFVyVSmYtLQnhg/s400/FotoJet---2023-08-05T163905.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBn_2EwHJiCP3h02nEIeK5kwUhDqG7m8wIMRTUq4tiK6kqwnO_C8RKE5rZQc9BTwirahSx0hMxj_NVsrDRvo2QdbJ6cUfEk_CnqIEwGAKa6oyLHdJtCzQzjF83z8pMpNopFe0Cdry3pJ9OzfBy9y6cFU6ZncpNY0bo8uwz7uIOU8gUNVFVyVSmYtLQnhg/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-08-05T163905.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Today, the scattered clumps of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/enhalus.htm&quot;&gt;Tape seagrass&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;that I saw were mostly cropped short, although some were about 20-30cm long. This is similar to our survey in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/08/terumbu-hantu-still-lovely.html&quot;&gt;Aug 2022&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2017/04/terumbu-hantu-is-alive.html&quot;&gt;Jun 2018&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTuX9MkWFtgFTze9xfoS8_JdgOKyyC5FX-S1kN05_Oqg18-kBSsT79dzmC3azyMZp8e6NW4HmuQQe_X_E1LUo1vQm9BoCX3DFSzvXSOx48_2hABfi60qQxTRzaOKkex-ahcTHTZZ0d-O_O15z-ygbcoLfEEKxWS_G5NJHO-rM9WESrXIBkFKwiZSAXKj0/s400/FotoJet---2023-08-05T152635.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTuX9MkWFtgFTze9xfoS8_JdgOKyyC5FX-S1kN05_Oqg18-kBSsT79dzmC3azyMZp8e6NW4HmuQQe_X_E1LUo1vQm9BoCX3DFSzvXSOx48_2hABfi60qQxTRzaOKkex-ahcTHTZZ0d-O_O15z-ygbcoLfEEKxWS_G5NJHO-rM9WESrXIBkFKwiZSAXKj0/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-08-05T152635.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;One reason we visit this submerged reef is that it has been damaged by large dive boats in the past. When these run aground on the reef, they gouge out a deep hole bare of corals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53094854699/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Boat strike on Terumbu Hantu, Aug 2023&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Boat strike on Terumbu Hantu, Aug 2023&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53094854699_b65d0e7c81_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;What is the fate of  Terumbu Hantu?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pulau Hantu and all the terumbus west of it are slated for massive reclamation outlined recently in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/06/space-for-our-dreams-lots-of-land.html&quot;&gt;Long-Term Plan Review&lt;/a&gt;. Singapore&#39;s submerged reefs are often out of sight under the high tide and thus forgotten. Let&#39;s hope Terumbu Hantu stays safe until we can visit again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNT2n6u3lSo7KWKLcrZfFg9R0RUmqbiDXIfcHXGQyi6aIxU0SDkawRf5OO0DTTnucXMXVYShej46gZlmWkXsbTuElHBSvQmK-a9aDMCHqkgxdmDKXdO6TOK41c-Wyuhy9Y6kGG_0lmaL_OSFoxiJ6B0L9lWlM6spiTLr9gmJPueguJzVDrK4BHcjz/s530/southern-reclamation-low-res.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;355&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNT2n6u3lSo7KWKLcrZfFg9R0RUmqbiDXIfcHXGQyi6aIxU0SDkawRf5OO0DTTnucXMXVYShej46gZlmWkXsbTuElHBSvQmK-a9aDMCHqkgxdmDKXdO6TOK41c-Wyuhy9Y6kGG_0lmaL_OSFoxiJ6B0L9lWlM6spiTLr9gmJPueguJzVDrK4BHcjz/w400-h355/southern-reclamation-low-res.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Singapore Blue Plan 2018&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pulau Semakau and nearby islands and submerged reefs have been recommended by the Singapore Blue Plan 2018 for Immediate Conservation Priority. The Blue Plan recommends the intertidal and subtidal marine areas of Pulau Semakau and adjacent Pulau Hantu, and Pulau Jong to be designated Marine Reserve.&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53094857209/in/dateposted-public/&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; title=&quot;Exploring Terumbu Hantu&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Exploring Terumbu Hantu&quot; height=&quot;224&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53094857209_b73d1862d8_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Today, there was a group exploring Pulau Hantu too.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Blue Plan highlights that Pulau Semakau and its associated patch reefs comprise many ecosystems: coral reefs, mangrove areas, intertidal sandflats, seagrass meadows, and coral reefs. The subtidal area of Pulau Jong is larger than the terrestrial area. Pulau Hantu is a popular dive site has seen increasing interest in the past decade due to biodiversity awareness. If protection is accorded to these three islands, zonation plans for use can be implemented to manage tourism and human impacts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DOWNLOAD the Plan, SUPPORT the Plan! 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While one of our nicest seagrass patches is growing at the mouth of a canal here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53092671454/in/dateposted-public/&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; title=&quot;Living reefs at East Coast Park (PCN), Aug 2023&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living reefs at East Coast Park (PCN), Aug 2023&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53092671454_127250aebe_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Lights on the horizon are ships parked off the coast.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;We surveyed this shore as well as the nearby shore opposite East Coast NSRCC and checked out the seawall near the Adventure Centre. Our artificial shores are very much alive!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Similar to my last survey in &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/08/lush-seagrasses-and-coral-garden-at.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Aug 2022&lt;/a&gt; and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2021/05/nemos-at-east-coast-park.html&quot;&gt;May 2021&lt;/a&gt;, I saw a good variety of corals and I didn&#39;t see any that were bleaching. Most seemed very healthy, although a few had large dead patches. Most of the corals were those commonly seen on our shores: delicate folded &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/dendrophylliidae/flowery.htm&quot;&gt;Disk corals&lt;/a&gt;, squat &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/poritidae/porboulder.htm&quot;&gt;Pore boulder corals&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/poritidae/gonbig.htm&quot;&gt;Anemone corals&lt;/a&gt;, and other boulder shaped Merulinid corals. But I also saw some less commonly seen ones like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/pocilloporidae/pocillopora.htm&quot;&gt;Cauliflower coral&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnBDFucnM5Qyf8f0TOfgpiBiz7fzUl4uG7MMYwe7tgCjaauWScASAWyxxAwM6B_2bdgfKC7-0GeyS7VMkzPmPp5T4cNrf0_yvbRUN4JzT410sBQxVG0OkmyenCWh28WnfUpeHtMykbsU2I9AY24aXGyJiy6KrFW4Cj6BQEQwN1UuAZmPjWHZ38scMXaGw/s400/FotoJet---2023-08-04T150624.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;350&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;350&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnBDFucnM5Qyf8f0TOfgpiBiz7fzUl4uG7MMYwe7tgCjaauWScASAWyxxAwM6B_2bdgfKC7-0GeyS7VMkzPmPp5T4cNrf0_yvbRUN4JzT410sBQxVG0OkmyenCWh28WnfUpeHtMykbsU2I9AY24aXGyJiy6KrFW4Cj6BQEQwN1UuAZmPjWHZ38scMXaGw/w400-h350/FotoJet---2023-08-04T150624.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;It&#39;s a little challenging taking photos of corals in the dark. Kelvin helps light up the huge patch of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/coralhard/acroporidae/monbranch.htm&quot;&gt;Branching montipora corals&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(now about 5m x 5m) for Ilyda to photograph. While Che Cheng shared with her a &#39;Nemo&#39;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/vertebrates/fish/pomacentridae/ocellaris.htm&quot;&gt;Clown anemonefish&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;in a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/gigantea.htm&quot;&gt;Giant carpet anemone&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3KFXZD8GLB_hw44CG7pqaKbkm1HhKHxNJAp8r9SW2mVydr-dAKs08I0TgZppUqej2KkEDxBbTSuJVCQG1LKt-V223Zvzwp2xooR5rDrKDXp3a9iIsGYppgS4aMaaKMTgg14ObZ5LqKJTopu2Ulh4hqsEMuqFowhhmgvg7ONeczwi8VRR6T5FUaNzkibM/s400/FotoJet---2023-08-04T145540.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3KFXZD8GLB_hw44CG7pqaKbkm1HhKHxNJAp8r9SW2mVydr-dAKs08I0TgZppUqej2KkEDxBbTSuJVCQG1LKt-V223Zvzwp2xooR5rDrKDXp3a9iIsGYppgS4aMaaKMTgg14ObZ5LqKJTopu2Ulh4hqsEMuqFowhhmgvg7ONeczwi8VRR6T5FUaNzkibM/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-08-04T145540.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;One of the nicest patch of seagrasses in Singapore is at the mouth of this canal at East Coast Park! Almost all the seagrass species for Singapore can be found here. And they grow very lush and healthily, green and fresh without much epiphytes, leaves long and not cropped. As in the past, I saw&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/ovalis.htm&quot;&gt;Spoon seagrass&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(large and small leaves);&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/halodule.htm&quot;&gt;Needle seagrass&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(broad and narrow leave);&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/syringodium.htm&quot;&gt;Noodle seagrass&lt;/a&gt;; very long&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/thalassia.htm&quot;&gt;Sickle seagrass&lt;/a&gt;;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/rotundata.htm&quot;&gt;Smooth ribbon seagrass&lt;/a&gt;;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/serrulata.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Serrated ribbon seagrass&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and lots of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/enhalus.htm&quot;&gt;Tape seagrass&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;with long leaves. Many of the Tape seagrasses had developing female flowers. Unfortunately, today I didn&#39;t see many animals among the seagrasses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXaik-b_tLqFIP9I8RbWTja4vuwg6xgMn0ZOIf4tJ9c40MnlZnuTexkQjpQXn-OrinQ67upbqIMnY9n7GYtiHC3t_CBhCG4JO9AxzmN-swN-mFauP2uzZ63p5N4-Y5cE3N0VdyQTxaMCyF3LHWMm49h0scJSAuwZx7mOgEOfSthMoDfrPDfW4uZ2BdeFE/s400/FotoJet---2023-08-04T140841.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXaik-b_tLqFIP9I8RbWTja4vuwg6xgMn0ZOIf4tJ9c40MnlZnuTexkQjpQXn-OrinQ67upbqIMnY9n7GYtiHC3t_CBhCG4JO9AxzmN-swN-mFauP2uzZ63p5N4-Y5cE3N0VdyQTxaMCyF3LHWMm49h0scJSAuwZx7mOgEOfSthMoDfrPDfW4uZ2BdeFE/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-08-04T140841.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The canal drains into a calm bay surrounded by seawalls. Corals have settled near the seawalls.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53092442261/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Seagrasses at the mouth of a canal, East Coast Park Aug 2023&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Seagrasses at the mouth of a canal, East Coast Park Aug 2023&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53092442261_ba5fc0828e_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;A special find today: a beautiful&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/actinodendron.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Fire anemone&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(don&#39;t touch) and our first time seeing a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/crustacea/othercrust/shrimp/brevicarpalis.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Peacock-tail anemone shrimp&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;living in one. These shrimps are commonly seen in other large sea anemones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhkiCyhF1oqOPO0qIL3EaN1EbNTPrjyCoapIkz-82osDY9eBX26fCvnK4Lmxb3WRkkkY7MaeI-mzalt8MumXeBVzjfz1ZY8889i5DvJ5LoS5QoLO3Kg2Hrw6HTbPn_yd-MEtMXd7hQwMtnCmveHVZnI8Ml4tVRNtHQA30OJSGJF7JTdkggR3PArwh297E/s400/FotoJet---2023-08-04T142526.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhkiCyhF1oqOPO0qIL3EaN1EbNTPrjyCoapIkz-82osDY9eBX26fCvnK4Lmxb3WRkkkY7MaeI-mzalt8MumXeBVzjfz1ZY8889i5DvJ5LoS5QoLO3Kg2Hrw6HTbPn_yd-MEtMXd7hQwMtnCmveHVZnI8Ml4tVRNtHQA30OJSGJF7JTdkggR3PArwh297E/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-08-04T142526.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I left early to walk to the shore in front of NSRCC. Meanwhile, the team had more amazing sightings, including the rarely seen Japanese bonnet snail, two small Knobbly sea stars, two Common sea stars, a Sea Apple sea cucumber. Here&#39;s Kelvin&#39;s great shot of the reefy corner of the lagoon, and Che Cheng&#39;s gorgeous sunrise view of the seagrasses at the mouth of the canal and lagoon. Links&amp;nbsp;to the teams photo albums below.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRg38S5PGhqKkJmUdyTSMAuHt49PHXsPVazJi6Z2ISneP3qqsjrIROjx8PP3vUbtlR9Ha6shoYn5QaO192Dsxt14VELoxdeDmxBhFR7o7CmTBiNrepM1m2ODtddpqMz0-CalVlDO4igFwgW3K_eqkhONuRA3U0j6sb3PifuScA6F8rzAxniX08sVOIDXw/s400/FotoJet---2023-08-15T105129-small.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRg38S5PGhqKkJmUdyTSMAuHt49PHXsPVazJi6Z2ISneP3qqsjrIROjx8PP3vUbtlR9Ha6shoYn5QaO192Dsxt14VELoxdeDmxBhFR7o7CmTBiNrepM1m2ODtddpqMz0-CalVlDO4igFwgW3K_eqkhONuRA3U0j6sb3PifuScA6F8rzAxniX08sVOIDXw/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-08-15T105129-small.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Montage of photos by the rest of the team. &lt;br /&gt;Links to their albums below.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Just in front of NSRCC East Coast, there are living sandy shores and lush seagrasses in front of the canal there. These have all taken root naturally, without any human planting. I had a quick look before the tide turned. There seems to be more sand building up at the mouth of the canal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53091824402/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living shores of East Coast Park (NSRCC), Aug 2023&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living shores of East Coast Park (NSRCC), Aug 2023&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53091824402_82eb69ee31_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The sand bar south of the canal seems a little shorter and wider than it used to be. Creating more pools nearer the high shore. There was a heron hunting in a pool while I was there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53092794685/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Living shores of East Coast Park (NSRCC), Aug 2023&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Living shores of East Coast Park (NSRCC), Aug 2023&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53092794685_ffe51e924f_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Lush seagrasses are growing well in rather large dense patches. There were&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/ovalis.htm&quot;&gt;Spoon seagrass&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;with large leaves, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seagrass/halodule.htm&quot;&gt;Needle seagrass&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;with broad leaves and narrow leaves. I saw very few animals, these are commonly seen in our seagrass meadows:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/holothuroidea/colochirus.htm&quot;&gt;Thorny sea cucumber&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/holothuroidea/cercodemas.htm&quot;&gt;Pink warty sea cucumber&lt;/a&gt;, small&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/echinoidea/urchin/sphaeroides.htm&quot;&gt;White sea urchins&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and a small&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/haddoni.htm&quot;&gt;Haddon&#39;s carpet anemone&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWKBpx-zrkgPNjYGowTYZ2IHplSbN2gC-xNUXNzmUBPb6jna4gE4AcLO3UHcW_nIuHrIKhDMxIkPrwSEbkB8laCZS_LM6Ac6KPVjk9nrlDG6NBE5StbOnvqqTaMi4PNUzFr122nOWU2J5YHEL9e6nEVZn7M_BONlGn8yQut1WN_CQlopbj6ovuh795pU/s400/FotoJet---2023-08-04T133443.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWKBpx-zrkgPNjYGowTYZ2IHplSbN2gC-xNUXNzmUBPb6jna4gE4AcLO3UHcW_nIuHrIKhDMxIkPrwSEbkB8laCZS_LM6Ac6KPVjk9nrlDG6NBE5StbOnvqqTaMi4PNUzFr122nOWU2J5YHEL9e6nEVZn7M_BONlGn8yQut1WN_CQlopbj6ovuh795pU/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-08-04T133443.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;White sea urchins often &#39;carry&#39; things, believed to help shield them from the sun as well as camouflage. This urchin was carrying shells of a dead razor clam on which drills had laid egg capsules. And a Thorny sea cucumber was hitching a ride too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-flickr-embed=&quot;true&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/53092794540/in/dateposted-public/&quot; title=&quot;Various marine life&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Various marine life&quot; height=&quot;279&quot; src=&quot;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53092794540_39e4e73c40_w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Signs on the sand hint at the life that teems beneath. The most abundant animal visible on the sand bar are&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/echinodermata/echinoidea/sandollar/arachnoides.htm&quot;&gt;Cake sand dollars&lt;/a&gt;. They dot the sand in the hundreds. There were also small patches of living&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/gastropoda/trochidae/umbonium.htm&quot;&gt;Button snails&lt;/a&gt;, just beneath the sand surface, leaving typical dots on the sand. I also saw lots of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/gastropoda/olividae/mustelina.htm&quot;&gt;Weasel olive snails&lt;/a&gt;, common&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/gastropoda/naticidae/naticidae.htm&quot;&gt;Moon snails&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and one&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/gastropoda/babyloniidae/babylonia.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Spiral babylon snail&lt;/a&gt;. There were also many coils of&amp;nbsp; &#39;processed sand&#39; left by very long buried&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/worm/enteropneusta/enteropneusta.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Acorn worms&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrvxg7FHyzk0CHrWm0nWn3_HchDfPisYQZX3sHtiZ2ecufn9tQYz1nQuv_Gjxn5ERggN698w_DgdK_U430q9Frl9YfqKoa-5mVbQcqnC_6zgg0JXURsbhoGYo97bbEZp3ib0KUlc9DWx8KELy_1SwNeRVSw3Awzc_zdpM-f-6V50vgYblUSDZxnsU3rnU/s400/FotoJet---2023-08-04T131404.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrvxg7FHyzk0CHrWm0nWn3_HchDfPisYQZX3sHtiZ2ecufn9tQYz1nQuv_Gjxn5ERggN698w_DgdK_U430q9Frl9YfqKoa-5mVbQcqnC_6zgg0JXURsbhoGYo97bbEZp3ib0KUlc9DWx8KELy_1SwNeRVSw3Awzc_zdpM-f-6V50vgYblUSDZxnsU3rnU/w400-h400/FotoJet---2023-08-04T131404.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Where did these corals come from?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The babies of these corals are from Singapore reefs! This chart shared in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/06/space-for-our-dreams-lots-of-land.html&quot;&gt;Long-Term Plan Review&lt;/a&gt; shows coral larvae (babies) dispersal in our waters from mass coral spawning. This highlights the importance of protecting our &#39;mother reefs&#39; so that they can continue to produce babies that settle all along our shoreline.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieD4e1tx90CZUe32VOrMEBY_DVOg52eHMVXqjFPWBw1YisBbxYKN_YobqMkQoIvfEfjOne3YAMU-7j9WmwNBzG3_Zog2egthRSiTTwTFAti_68dpjn7KlsFS6M6b1cqGyfO-qNbwoGsQH0KGQs8FbdIow3bTHA2hrG5GuHVAuX7TtfyQIvgW50kQ11/s400/agenttool-lowres.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieD4e1tx90CZUe32VOrMEBY_DVOg52eHMVXqjFPWBw1YisBbxYKN_YobqMkQoIvfEfjOne3YAMU-7j9WmwNBzG3_Zog2egthRSiTTwTFAti_68dpjn7KlsFS6M6b1cqGyfO-qNbwoGsQH0KGQs8FbdIow3bTHA2hrG5GuHVAuX7TtfyQIvgW50kQ11/w400-h196/agenttool-lowres.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;What is the fate of these shores?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These shores lie west of Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal and are slated for massive reclamation outlined recently in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/06/space-for-our-dreams-lots-of-land.html&quot;&gt;Long-Term Plan Review&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCgJ8Yoi0mKzddn4b-UP3jkmcHrATV09TJcoTFgfhVAXBhav5BCS730LzB26wSnliwDjE6-GxyZTWIPoQgSzhg6jhhu_UrnNQPuBjjZkK_MJzSt8T8G5BmMrh8LLBv1jYBizTFZW3bHucPizL7kWjl1_Yh2AU83_zfweJcN3WJFhBGIW3idIqVFJj/s400/tmft-lowrest.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCgJ8Yoi0mKzddn4b-UP3jkmcHrATV09TJcoTFgfhVAXBhav5BCS730LzB26wSnliwDjE6-GxyZTWIPoQgSzhg6jhhu_UrnNQPuBjjZkK_MJzSt8T8G5BmMrh8LLBv1jYBizTFZW3bHucPizL7kWjl1_Yh2AU83_zfweJcN3WJFhBGIW3idIqVFJj/w400-h348/tmft-lowrest.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  Natural regeneration on Singapore&#39;s artificial shores and structures is already happening now. Unintentionally, with zero replanting. Can we plan coastal works to allow reefs, mangroves and seagrasses to naturally regenerate? Naturalise canals leading to the sea for a continuum of freshwater wetlands to mangroves? Imagine what&#39;s possible! Reefs and natural marine ecosystems at our doorstep, for all in the City to enjoy. More about this idea in my feedback to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wildshores.blogspot.com/2022/08/lush-seagrasses-and-coral-garden-at.html#&quot;&gt;Draft Master Plan 2013&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Singapore Blue Plan 2018&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out the Sinapore Blue Plan 2018 which outlines community recommendations for all these shores. DOWNLOAD the Plan, SUPPORT the Plan! More on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://singaporeblueplan2018.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Singapore Blue Plan 2018 site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;See these and other East Coast shores for yourself&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&#39;s fun and easy to explore these shores. Here, Che Cheng is showing Ilyda how an Olive burrows so quickly into the sand. 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