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‘Strike Team’ formed to tackle destructive Coral Disease in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Government of the Virgin Islands has responded to the threat of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease in the territory by forming a 'Strike Team' to tackle the disease.
VI coral reefs under threat by deadly disease- Hon Wheatley
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- “Our marine resources need our help,” was the clarion call by Minister for Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration, Honourable Vincent O. Wheatley (R9), as he detailed that an emerging disease scientists are calling Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD), which attacks living tissues of corals eventually leading to their death, has reached the Virgin Islands.