Analysis of the Success Level of Transplant Coral Life in the Seventh Year at the Tawara Dive Point in the Bunaken National Park Area, North Sulawesi

Coral transplantation is the grafting or cutting of live coral to be grafted elsewhere or in places where the coral has been damaged, with the aim of restoring or forming natural coral reefs. Coral transplantation plays a role in accelerating the regeneration of damaged coral reefs, and can also be used to build new coral reef areas that did not previously exist. While the objectives of the study are: To describe the initial conditions, artificial coral transplantation in Tawara, at the Bunaken National Park location; Analyze the number of transplanted corals that survived for 7 years; Analyze the condition of transplanted corals by measuring the length and number of coral branches that survived for 7 years. Transplantation was carried out in 2018, after a year of measuring coral growth, namely in 2019. Data from the results of the study from 77 transplanted coral fragments, there were 3 dead coral modules, and those that survived were 74 coral fragments or 96% success in survival, while those that died were 4%.