Project Seagrass launch Seagrass (Re)Store

Published 6 years agoon May 27, 2020

Project Seagrass, in collaboration with WWF, Sky Zero and Swansea University, have shown that seagrass restoration is possible in the UK and now they want to continue to plant hope.

The team have developed an approach that makes them underwater gardeners, collecting and planting seagrass seeds in locations around the UK coastline.

Restoring seagrass beds will help enhance biodiversity as well as providing an essential carbon store. Seagrass seeds are collected each summer by staff, students, volunteers and community groups across the UK. After the seeds are collected they are transported to the laboratory at Swansea University in Wales where they are processed and packaged for planting out. Once the seed bags are ready they are planted in the sea on BoSS lines.

In the last century, up to 92% of the UK’s seagrass has disappeared as a result of pollution, runoff from the land, coastal development and damage from boat propellers and chain moorings. Help Project Seagrass to restore British seagrass meadows to their former glory. Support their work and help them to tackle the Climate and Nature Emergency.

You can find out more by visit the Project Seagrass website by clicking here and you can donate to the project by clicking here.

Nick and Caroline Robertson-Brown

Nick and Caroline (Frogfish Photography) are a married couple of conservation driven underwater photo-journalists and authors. Both have honours degrees from Manchester University, in Environmental Biology and Biology respectively, with Nick being a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, a former high school science teacher with a DipEd in Teaching Studies. Caroline has an MSc in Animal Behaviour specializing in Caribbean Ecology. They are multiple award-winning photographers and along with 4 published books, feature regularly in the diving, wildlife and international press They are the Underwater Photography and Deputy Editors at Scubaverse and Dive Travel Adventures. Winners of the Caribbean Tourism Organization Photo-journalist of the Year for a feature on Shark Diving in The Bahamas, and they have been placed in every year they have entered. Nick and Caroline regularly use their free time to visit schools, both in the UK and on their travels, to discuss the important issues of marine conservation, sharks and plastic pollution. They are ambassadors for Sharks4Kids and founders of SeaStraw. They are Dive Ambassadors for The Islands of The Bahamas and are supported by Mares, Paralenz, Nauticam and Olympus. To find out more visit www.frogfishphotography.com