7pm – 8pm (SA time) Wed 23 August
Would you like to learn more about our local underwater world?
Join our online Seagrass Deep Dive event to learn more about the seagrass meadows off the Adelaide coastline.
We’ll cover a bit of history and find out about efforts to restore these important ecosystems.
First up we’ll have two short presentations, before ending with some Q & A time.
Presentation 1: Why have we lost so much seagrass? Marine Ecologist Dr Sue Murray-Jones spent 20 years working in coastal management. She was part of the seagrass restoration project off Adelaide from 2001 until 2015 and a partner in the ARC linkage project to improve the bags used for catching seagrass seedlings. She has edited the proceedings of 3 seagrass restoration workshops which can be found on her ResearchGate site. She will summarize the reasons we lost so much seagrass in the first place, why it’s now OK to try and restore them, and what is being done.
Presentation 2: Community Driven Seagrass Restoration by Rachel Williams (Project Manager – South Australia, OzFish). Rachel will talk about the Seeds For Snapper project and how volunteer and community efforts are helping to restore the seagrass meadows along Adelaide’s metropolitan coastline and the Fleurieu Peninsula. These meadows are an important nursery ground for snapper, calamari, whiting and blue swimmer crabs. The program brings together recreational anglers, boaters, beachwalkers, community groups and volunteers.
We’ll end the session with a short Q & A with marine ecologist Zoe Doubleday. We’ll chat about the importance of connecting with our marine environment, how we can remain optimistic when our oceans are facing so many challenges and things the public can do to help.
Talk duration: 45 minutes + Q&A time
This event will be run online via zoom. Please register (FREE) to receive the zoom link.
This event is delivered by Port Environment Centre and shared by the Greater Adelaide Environment Network (GAEN).
The Port Environment Centre is funded by Green Adelaide with additional support from the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and the Suzanne Elliott Charitable Trust.
Attendee information may be used for follow up evaluation, in order to assess the longer term impacts of our events. Follow up contact may be made (in the form of a survey) but participation in any evaluation is optional.
Marni ngadlu tampinthi ngadlu Kaurna yartanga inparrinthi
It is good that we all acknowledge we are living on Kaurna Country.
