Seeds for Snapper 2023 was highly successful in engaging with the community to actively become involved with seagrass restoration and environmental stewardship. Posidonia australis seagrass fruit density naturally fluctuates from year to year and fruit counts were significantly lower this season compared to previous years. We believe the extreme heat combined with very low tides…
The 2022 Seeds for Snapper season marked a remarkable milestone in our mission to restore Cockburn Sound’s marine ecosystem. Through tireless efforts and unwavering community support, we achieved unprecedented strides in seagrass restoration. We returned one million seagrass seeds back into Cockburn Sound and they’re thriving providing a nurturing haven for marine life to flourish.
In 2018 OzFish launched Seeds For Snapper. It was a first for Australia which saw hundreds of West Australian recreational fishers take part in a massive effort to restore the lost seagrass meadows of Cockburn Sound for the first time. The program has come in two parts, the first was the work by marine scientists…
Western Australia’s Cockburn Sound was again the focus of community-driven restoration as fishing conservation charity OzFish launched the Seeds for Snapper 2021 in November. Now in its fourth year, the annual marine restoration program called on the community for help in achieving this year’s goals to replant 1 million seagrass seeds collected from drivers, boaters…
In 2020 OzFish’s Seeds For Snapper became the largest and longest-running seagrass restoration project in Australia, mobilising hundreds of volunteers to take part in habitat restoration. In 2020 saw the Seeds For Snapper project truly amplify into a world-renowned project, volunteer divers, boaters, and beach lovers came from all over Western Australia to take part….
In 2019, for the second consecutive year rec anglers and ocean lovers got behind Seeds for Snapper by collecting and spreading seeds to speed seagrass restoration and improve the habitat for pink snapper. While out boating, volunteers have been using hand nets to collect the fruit pods in the Cockburn Sound, while divers got under…
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