After a series of disasters in the 1980s and 1990s, Jamaica lost 85 percent of its once-bountiful coral reefs and its fish population plummeted. But today, the corals and tropical fish are slowly reappearing, thanks in part to the efforts of people like Belinda Morrow, who runs the White River Marine Association. Morrow attends fishers' meetings and raises small grants from the Jamaican government and other foundations to support equipment purchases and coral replanting campaigns.
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After a series of disasters in the 1980s and 1990s, Jamaica lost 85 percent of its once-bountiful coral reefs and its fish population plummeted. But today, the corals and tropical fish are slowly reappearing, thanks in part to the efforts of people like Belinda Morrow, who runs the White River Marine Association. Morrow attends fishers' meetings and raises small grants from the Jamaican government and other foundations to support equipment purchases and coral replanting campaigns. For more on AP's environment series "What Can Be Saved?" visit: https://apnews.com/WhatCanBeSaved The Associated Press is the essential global news network, delivering fast, unbiased news from every corner of the world to all media platforms and formats. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress http://www.apnews.com/ https://plus.google.com/+AP/ https://www.facebook.com/APNews https://twitter.com/AP http://www.instagram.com/apnews #WhatCanBeSaved #CoralReefs