The annual seagrass fruit harvest in WA has ended early due to extreme heat but with more than 600,000 seeds being released into Cockburn Sound. That is the equivalent of about three hectares of restored seagrass meadows through the support of more than 600 volunteers
Everything is in place for Australia’s largest community-driven seagrass restoration project, Seeds for Snapper, to commence next Tuesday at Cockburn Sound. The annual collaboration between OzFish Unlimited and the University of Western Australia is now in its sixth year and tanks
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We did it – one million seagrass seeds deployed in Cockburn Sound this seagrass season!
Thank you to all of the recreational fishers, volunteer divers and boaters, school students, and local businesses who came together to make this year our biggest Seeds for Snapper yet.
More than 400 volunteers played a part in helping achieve the lofty goal of dispersing one million seeds in a single season. Their efforts are helping to return this lost habitat to the WA coastline.
Our ‘Seeds for Snapper’ initiative – the largest seagrass restoration initiative in Australia has got off to a strong start for its fifth year in Cockburn Sound, Western Australia.
It only got underway last week but an army of volunteers has already collected more than 400,000 seagrass fruits. Unlike other restoration approaches, Seeds for Snapper mobilises rec fishers and the wider community to help restore their own backyard.
Our Seeds for Snapper seagrass restoration project in Western Australia – the biggest in Australia – is gearing up for the 2022 season. We want OzFishers and Western Australians to support it again and make this year the biggest yet. …
Volunteer recreational fishers and divers have worked tirelessly for another year to restore the lost seagrass meadows of Cockburn Sound, as their Seeds for Snapper project ends with a record haul of over 1 million seagrass fruit collected.
Fishing conservation charity OzFish Unlimited has launched the 2020 Seeds for Snapper program with a weekend of seagrass restoration activities. Now in its third year, the annual program will commence again
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