Seagrass is finally being returned to the seabeds of Cairns and Mourilyan Harbour, and it's hoped the dugongs, turtles and other marine animals that once lived here will too.
abc.net.au/news/seagrass-meadows-rehabilitation-after-cyclone-yasi/102770638Seagrass is finally being returned to the seabed within a stone's throw of a major city in a tropical first after a cyclone ripped it away more than a decade ago.The seagrass must be harvested and replanted in August and September onlyMany Far North Queensland seagrass meadows almost disappeared following Cyclone Yasi in 2011.
Its small remaining patches have been used as donors to re-establish other seagrass meadows in Cairns and at Mourilyan Harbour, 80 kilometres to the south-east.About five hectares of trial replanted seagrass has held firm off Cairns and is continuing to grow after two wet seasons. "We're all custodians of country — whether you're black, white, brindle — it doesn't matter who you are or where you are from.Dugongs rely on seagrass meadows for food.
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