FfFfFfFF 58,125 Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Boosted funding for The Nature Conservancy’s highly successful shellfish reef restoration project in Port Phillip Bay will build even more new reefs for Melbourne’s much loved waterway. Thanks to the generous support of three organisations, an extra $1.1 million will allow new reefs to be established within the Bay, doubling the extent of restored reefs from 2.5 hectares to 5.5 hectares. A new restoration technique not attempted before in Australia will be trialled at 9ft Bank, which is a degraded shellfish reef and the closest TNC has found to a surviving reef in Victoria. The technique involves deploying at least 500m2 of recycled shells from restaurants and the seafood industry to provide new substrate on the seafloor for remnant oysters in the area to colonise. Sources: 1, 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaylan 1,326 Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 this has actually been a pretty good year.. yay for the reefs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
derpmonster 22,412 Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 6 minutes ago, Xaylan said: this has actually been a pretty good year.. yay for the reefs Check out iTunes data & graphs at CHARTPOP.live Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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