Planting program helps save China's corals

Maritime experts are examining new ways of protecting endangered reefs in the South China Sea, as Peng Yining reports.

Huang Hui felt pleased that the illegal collection of corals in the South China Sea has declined as a result of stricter regulations.

But just a few years ago, she has witnessed what appeared to be fishing boats illegally stripping corals by scraping the ocean floor with trawl nets in the waters off an island in the Xisha chain.