The project is now completed. It started soon after approval by the GEF/SGP NSC in March 2000. A complete site survey and damage assessment was carried out before beginning the project. Transects have been installed and baseline data collected on the four sites and a regular monitoring of coral reefs was carried out on those 4 sites by the NGO. Mooring Buoys have been placed at Aquarium Pereybere and Aquarium Grand Baie and monitoring was carried out. Awareness raising/capacity-building sessions have been carried out with the fisher community, dive boat operators and other stakeholders. T-shirts, posters and information leaflets on the use and importance of buoys have also been produced as sensitisation materials. A steering committee was set up by the Ministry of Tourism to manage this project. Members of this committee included Ports Authority, Mauritius Scuba Diving Association, Ministry of Fisheries, Ministry of Environment, Mauritius Oceanography Institute, MMCS and NC.

Following cyclone Dina, the 4 buoys were lost. They have been replaced by new buoys following a new design. This design is much cheaper and simpler.

A successful site visit to the project for stakeholders was held in June 2002. The Minister of Environment expressed his support to the extension of the project to other sites around Mauritius. Such a follow-up project was submitted to the GEF/SGP by the MMCS and this was approved in August 2002. 89 other popular diving sites have been identified by the NGO in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Fisheries. Permanent mooring buoys are to be installed at these sites as well in the near future.