June 2009

The month of June was all about finishing the site set up, ready for the first survey in July...as well as a few nice dives on the eelgrass! The eelgrass bed really springs to life in summer and it was great to see the abundance of crabs, anemones, sponges, worms and juvenile fish making use of the habitat. The picture below shows an example of the amount of small fish using the bed as a nursery ground...if only we could work out how to count them...!?



Photo: Mitchell Neilly