What are all our responsibilities in the backdrop of fast degradation of corals?

We need to stop damaging the corals further by prohibiting the following activities:

dumping of the pollutants and other hazardous wastes into the sea;

overfishing;

disturbing the corals by boat anchoring and careless snorkelling by tourists; destruction of mangroves; etc.

We need to protect the existing corals and sustain them.

Programmes like coral restoration and coral recruitment should be employed to enhance their growth and development.

Important coral-reef areas to be set as ‘marine protected areas’ and ‘biosphere reserves’ (e.g., Gulf of Mannar).