This study aims to protect and enhance the marine resources in coastal areas in the Central areas by artificial reef installations. The selected field was in Mui Ban Than, Quang Nam province has shown that the artificial reef models have operated effectively through restore, enhance and protect coastal resources. | Journal of Fisheries science and Technology No. 4 - 2018 PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE RESOURCES BY USING ARTIFICIAL REEF AT COASTAL AREAS IN CENTRAL OF VIETNAM Pham Viet Tich¹, Tran Duc Phu², Nguyen Trong Luong², Tran Van Hao² Received: ; Revised: ; Accepted: ABSTRACT This study aims to protect and enhance the marine resources in coastal areas in the Central areas by artificial reef installations. The selected field was in Mui Ban Than, Quang Nam province has shown that the artificial reef models have operated effectively through restore, enhance and protect coastal resources. The marine resources restorations were illustrated not only by the quantity, from 44 marine species before reef installation up to 78 marine species after 12 months, but also by the density and frequency of found marine species as well. The resources enhancing is shown as longer time of reef installation as higher quantity and thicker density of marine species. The evaluation results also shown that the high value species and reef species have appeared in the research areas. In additional, the increasing of quantity and density are not only inside reef areas but also in the surrounding areas. Key words: Artificial reefs, protect and enhance the fisheries resources, coastal resources I. INTRODUCTION The artificial reef is one of the technical solutions that have been applied widely in the world in oder to protect and enhance the coastal marine resources. Many countries have been implemented artificial reefs in both offshore and near-shore areas. In Vietnam, artificial reef technology has been shown its advantages in the coastal resources protection [2]. Of which, the efficiency of artificial reef models have been concerned to archive following objectives: i) restore and protect the spawning areas; ii) create the nursery areas for marine species; iii) reduce the fishing pressure in the near-shore areas by reducing the fishing efforts of destructive fishing gears to .
