Have you ever wanted to snorkel with giant cuttlefish? Experiencing Marine Sanctuaries is offering this as a Park of the Month Activity in July!

Carole Pinnock — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 04:33:26 +0000

If you’ve ever wanted to snorkel with giant Australian cuttlefish, here’s your chance. We’ve partnered with our friends at Experiencing Marine Sanctuaries to bring you a special Park of the Month event in July with discounted snorkelling tours.

What will I experience?

The Australian giant cuttlefish is the largest of all cuttlefish species and can weigh up to 5kg. Each year between May and August thousands of cuttlefish congregate in the Cuttlefish Coast Sanctuary Zone of the Upper Spencer Gulf Marine Parknear Whyalla to mate and reproduce.

This spectacle is complete with an underwater light show with cuttlefish able to change colour, shape and texture to attract or ambush potential mates.

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Adelaide Seagrass Restoration Project was reported in the Wall Street Journal this week. DEW’s Director Climate Change, Coasts and Marine, Neil McFarlane was interviewed as part of the story.

Carole Pinnock — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 05:11:24 +0000

Per hectare, seagrasses can store up to twice as much carbon than terrestrial forests and play an important role in reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. There are potential long term blue carbon opportunities in seagrass restoration.

DEW’s Blue Carbon Strategy for South Australia, released in November 2019, is accelerating action to protect and restore coastal ecosystems. Blue carbon reduces greenhouse gas emissions and facilitates social, economic and environmental co-benefits along the coast.

In collaboration with Flinders University and the South Australian Research and Development Institute, DEW is making progress to restore seagrass meadows off the Adelaide coast.

Work is currently underway to deploy some 50,000 hessian bags of sand into the ocean of the South Australian coastline to restore around 10 hectares of seagrass on the ocean floor.

For more information contact Director Climate Change, Coasts and Marine Neil McFarlane.

https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/the-weekly/articles/seagrass-restoration-work-recognised?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Weekly%20%20Edition%20417&utm_content=The%20Weekly%20%20Edition%20417+CID_fb6c2b0940262dad27bd31a900d6f7aa&utm_source=dewnrcommscreatesendcom%20DEWNR&utm_term=Underwater%20work%20recognised%20by%20famous%20broadsheet

marine science | Friends of Parks and Nature South Australia

Have you ever wanted to snorkel with giant cuttlefish? Experiencing Marine Sanctuaries is offering this as a Park of the Month Activity in July!

What will I experience?

Adelaide Seagrass Restoration Project was reported in the Wall Street Journal this week. DEW’s Director Climate Change, Coasts and Marine, Neil McFarlane was interviewed as part of the story.