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Mourilyan Harbour Seagrass Collection and Planting – Round 3 – QLD
September 19, 2023 @ 9:30 am - September 23, 2023 @ 4:30 pm AEST
OzFish Cairns are excited to announce our fourth consecutive year of seagrass restoration trials at Mourilyan Harbour.
We’re continuing our work to restore seagrass meadows, following over a decade of seagrass loss in the estuary.
Seagrass will be collected by the TropWATER (JCU) Seagrass Ecology team in Trinity Inlet (Cairns), and then transported to JCU’s Smithfield campus for processing, sorting and preparation for planting. Seagrass planting will occur at Trinity Inlet (Cairns) and Mourilyan Harbour, south of Innisfail.
Volunteers are needed to assist with seagrass sorting and preparation at JCU’s Smithfield campus, and to assist with preparation of transplants at Cairns Yacht club and the Mourilyan Harbour boat ramp. The last two planting day’s were completed in record time due to the number of volunteers who attended, so we encourage as many people to join in as possible!
Processing:
JCU Cairns, Nguma-bada campus, Smithfield
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19th September, 9.30am – 4.30pm
20th September, 9.30am – 4.30pm
Planting:
Cairns Yacht Club
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21st September, from 10.00am
Mourilyan Harbour Boat Ramp
22nd September, from 10.00am
Registration is essential, we hope to see you there!
This meadow-scale seagrass restoration project is led by James Cook University’s TropWATER Centre, under funding through the BHP Blue Carbon Grants program, in partnership with Traditional Owner groups, including Mandubarra, Gimuy Walubara Yidinji, Goondoi, and Yirrganydji, as well as OzFish Unlimited, the Blue Carbon Lab, Conservation International, Central Queensland University and BlueShift Consulting. It is also supported by BCF – Boating, Camping, Fishing.
