We need your help

to bring Posidonia back

Join our Storm Squad

Because Posidonia is a protected species classified as ‘endangered’ in many NSW estuaries, one of the greatest challenges for restoration is finding donor shoots to revegetate the mooring scars.

Operation Posidonia has come up with an exciting solution to this problem, but it relies on getting help from local communities.

We are asking 'citizen scientists' to collect donor shoots from their local beach.

Living, green Posidonia shoots often wash ashore after storms, where they will soon perish unless returned underwater. Citizen scientists can collect these detached seagrass shoots and bring them to one of our collection spots. We will then use these shoots to restore seagrass populations without damaging existing Posidonia meadows.

We are aiming is to enlist the help of dog walkers, local beach-goers, fishers and boaters, who can join a local ‘seagrass storm squad’ and be part of the solution.

Get involved now in Lake Macquarie & Botany Bay!

After proving the concept in Port Stephens over the last few years, scientists are ready to do restoration in places where Posidonia is endangered in NSW.