IMAS Archives

Giant kelp need our help to play vital role in Tasmania and southern Australia 

June 28, 2023July 3, 2024

“The number of living creatures of all orders, whose existence intimately depends on the kelp, is wonderful,” so wrote Charles Darwin in The Voyage of the Beagle. And the famous scientist was right. His words, written in 1839, still ring true today. Giant kelp

A first for seagrass in Tasmania

April 27, 2023July 3, 2024

Tassie’s first seagrass restoration trial is well underway! Researchers from the Institute For Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), Kelsie Fractal and Beth Strain, have trialled four different restoration methods at four sites in the Derwent Estuary and Ralphs Bay.