HEPCA Mooring Team Continues Protection Efforts Across the Red Sea During April 2026
calendar_monthMay 12, 2026
As part of HEPCA’s ongoing commitment to protecting the Great Fringing Reef and supporting sustainable marine tourism, the Mooring Team conducted regular field operations to inspect, maintain, and reinstall mooring systems that help prevent anchor damage to sensitive reef ecosystems.
During April, the team achieved the following:
- 87 locations visited across the Red Sea coast
- 420 mooring buoys inspected
- 71 moorings maintained
- 15 moorings re-installed
In addition to mooring operations, the team carried out underwater cleanup activities in several important reef sites, including:
- Gotta Abu Ramada
- Al Fanous Reef
- Erg Gamea
HEPCA’s mooring system in the Red Sea is recognized as the largest mooring network in the world, playing a critical role in reducing the environmental impacts of uncontrolled anchoring on coral reefs and marine habitats.
Studies and field observations show that a single anchor can damage up to 2 square meters of reef or seabed area per day. With the large number of daily diving, snorkeling, and safari boats operating across the Red Sea, the mooring system contributes every day to protecting vast areas of coral reefs from repeated anchor destruction.
Each inspection, maintenance operation, and reinstallation effort contributes directly to preserving the unique biodiversity of the Red Sea while ensuring safer and more sustainable marine tourism activities for divers, snorkelers, safari operators, and marine tourism stakeholders.
Through continuous collaboration with local authorities, tourism stakeholders, dive centers, and marine operators, HEPCA remains committed to protecting the Red Sea’s marine ecosystems for future generations.
Protecting the reef starts with responsible practices above the surface and below it.
