Agincourt Reef Coral Bommie Restoration Project

In July 2018, Quicksilver embarked on an Australian-first collaborative reef research and restoration project with scientists from Reef Ecologic to restore a cyclone impacted coral bommie. Four years later, the results speak for themselves. "This project has been highly successful with significant increase in coral coverage and survival of relocated colonies. Important knowledge has also been gained in reef resilience and coral nurturing techniques," said Quicksilver Group Environment and Compliance Manager, Doug Baird. Located at Quicksilver's Agincourt 3 platform, the small coral bommie under restoration was impacted by cyclonic waves several years prior and with an unstable substrate, natural recovery was impeded. With GBRMPA approval, the project entailed the installation of six steel mesh panels of 1.5 x 3 metres size to grow coral 'recruits' of which three were initially connected to a power source. This was the first time this type of project had been conducted in Australia on the Great Barrier Reef