Before jumping into the water for the crayweed planting activity, the We Are Explorers volunteers helped us collect some important data, including establishing whether the crayweed was male or female. You can determine the sex by the patterns on their blades!

We had so much fun on Saturday with We Are Explorers , who helped us plant crayweed in Coogee. Thanks to all the Explorers for your great work and enthusiasm, and to Wylie's Baths for hosting us. Here are some incredible photos taken by Tom Burd. More photos from the day to come!

Last week we installed mats in Coogee/Lurline in preparation for community planting in partnership with We Are Explorers happening next month! Once our transplanted crayweed reproduces and we start seeing 'craybies' we’ll know the restoration is working and will remove all mats.

We are excited that a documentary about the kelp restoration & the amazing marine gardening work of the Haenyo women & scientists in Korea will be screening at the Wild Earth Oceana Film Festival on Sunday 10th Sep 6pm @ Palace Norton St. Tickets here ➡️ events.humanitix.com/weoff-rewildin…

Feeling accomplished after some epic SCUBA surveys in southern NSW for our WWF_Australia Innovate to Regenerate project, enhancing the health of kelp forests & returning the benefits straight to the local community

Check out this awesome study by Aaron Eger showing that kelp forests provide billions of dollars in services to humanity. The Guardian article below 👇
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#marine #research #job available in Sydney! Looking for a driven marine scientist to join our crew to work on Operation Crayweed, Operation Posidonia and adjacent research projects

Helping kelp across Aus Cosmos 🦞🌱
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Join our free webinar about the first Posidonia restoration project in Sydney Harbour, happening in collaboration with Mosman Council.
Registrations essential:
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its time to join the #KelpForestChallenge whether you're a snorkeller or a CEO (or both)

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Info sessions in Sydney about Living Seawalls and Project Restore hosted by Sydney Institute of Marine Science Come along to learn about how we are restoring multiple habitats in Sydney Harbour

Find out about how to buy the world’s first compostable #seaweed hoodie here! All proceeds are going to #restore #crayweed along Sydney’s coastline 💙 Operation Crayweed Ziggy Marzinelli

Damon Gameau 🌎 shows The Spence the world’s first hoodie made of #seaweed , which is being sold to raise funds to #restore #crayweed to the whole of Sydney! #fortheocean

The #KelpForestChallenge is being launched today with a bold & ambitious new target to restore 1M hectares & protect 4M hectares of #kelp forests by 2040. There’s already 20 pledges including >40,000 hectares for #restoration Aaron Eger

New job opportunity with the team 🐠📸🚤🎥

Get those abstracts in and come to #AMSA2023 to hear from outstanding plenary speakers, including Professor Adriana Verges Dr Adriana Vergés

Super excited to announce that I started a Project Manager/Research Associate role at Sydney Institute of Marine Science leading Project Restore: looking at leveraging Living Seawalls Operation Posidonia Operation Crayweed and artificial fish habitat to do seascape restoration at the stunning #SydneyHarbour

Another big year of #underwater #restoration in Sydney comes to a close. Keep an eye out for lots of Crayweed news in the new year! 🦞

Fieldwork completed and time to go back home✈️. We collected in-situ data on seaweed productivity in Syndey’s Ecklonia and turf habitats🌊. Special thanks to Clayton Mead , Derrick, Claire Butler and Dr Adriana Vergés! See you soon!!😀

Working in a #tropicalisation hotspot (Tosa Bay Japan) we show that temperate #seaweeds are NOT more palatable than tropical taxa. Overgrazing of #kelp here is likely due to consumption during late summer/ autumn when ephemeral #Sargassum disappears nature.com/articles/s4159…