Tuesday, 3 March 2020

Corner Inlet seagrass restoration

Mr D O’BRIEN: There is a success story growing in Corner Inlet with a recent celebration of the seagrass restoration project. Led by the Yarram Yarram Landcare Network, the project has engaged academics and researchers for technical support and the Corner Inlet commercial fishermen to do the grunt work in harvesting wild seagrass seed and later replanting it. Early surveys show the replanting has been a great success, helping to improve the ecology of the inlet, boost habitat for fish, including many commercial species, and storing enormous amounts of carbon. This project is in its relative infancy, and I implore the government to continue to provide funding, both for the project specifically and for the great work done by Landcare facilitators across the state such as Yarram Yarram’s Scott Elliott.