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Tuesday, 16 February 2010 10:45 |
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.jpg "Barwon Bluff - Sea Search") It has been a busy summer for Sea Search, with multiple events happening nearly every weekend, and the odd weekday session thrown in also. Having expanded our program to now include mangrove habitat, our Sea Search program is going from strength to strength and we hope to see many new faces over the coming months. Our thanks to our regular and dedicated team of Sea Searchers, who help make this program so successful.
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Mangrove monitoring launched in Tooradin |
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Wednesday, 03 February 2010 13:05 |
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Seven enthusiastic volunteers met up early at the Tooradin picnic area car park on Saturday January 16th to try their hand at the new Sea Search program – Mangrove Monitoring. Dressed in shorts, and a variety of footwear they were willing to share with the mud, participants were first given a run down on the monitoring plan which is designed to collect data on tree height, width, condition and associated animals and plants as a way to measure the health of the mangroves over time. |
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Wednesday, 03 February 2010 13:02 |
Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary.jpg "Ricketts Point Sea Search volunteers")
On Sunday the 28th June, 13 new Sea Search volunteers including students from the Leibler Yavneh Secondary College gathered at Rickett’s Point Marine Sanctuary to conduct monitoring of the plants and animals on the intertidal rock platform. The weather was kind and the discovery of beautiful algae and molluscs among the rocks enchanted all involved. |
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Wednesday, 03 February 2010 13:04 |
Victorian Subtidal Identification Kits
The fantastic new Victorian Subtidal ID Kits were recently launched at a series of species identification workshops at Queenscliff, Williamstown and Inverloch. A joint project between People & Parks Foundation and Reef Watch Victoria, these kits include underwater ID cards you can take while you do underwater surveys including # species of our local fish, invertebrates and plant life. |
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Wednesday, 03 February 2010 13:00 |
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Jacqui Pocklington recently started as our new Marine Programs Coordinator and will be overseeing two of our programs in Victoria: Sea Search and Reef Life Survey. Jacqui is a marine biologist with expertise in rocky intertidal shores and a love of the ocean environment. In other news, the Corner Inlet Seagrass monitoring project funded by a Communities Coastcare Caring for Our Country grant, was successfully launched on Saturday 2nd May at the Port Welshpool Boat Ramp. Over the weekend, survey teams (including 7 volunteers on the Saturday and 11 on Sunday) were transported by the SEAL Diving Services Pisces and the Parks Victoria Sea Eagle into Corner Inlet where volunteers commenced assessing the condition of Broad-leaf seagrass at two new locations as well as monitoring seagrass meadows at four established sites. |
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