Coordinator Sydney Sullivan says not many people think eel grass is important, but it provides shelter for small fish and other species, and protects against coastal erosion.
There’s a new project in the Bonne Bay area that is looking to protect eel grass which provides a vital role in habitat health and fights climate change. The Atlantic Healthy Oceans Initiative is setting up crab traps and suiting up with snorkels to conduct research in the Gros Morne region. Coordinator Sydney Sullivan says not many people think eel grass is important but it provides shelter for small fish and other species and protects against coastal erosion. She says the first sighting of green crab in Bonne Bay was in 2009, and this is an invasive species for eel grass, which is why they want to trap them to learn more about their patterns. Sullivan says data collected will be added to the community led marine plan for Gros Morne.
5 east coast companies to get federal defense funding; announcement coming tomorrow
Auditor General to deliver a report today on NLHC rental inventory
Students in grades 10 and 11 have until Monday to apply for the Youth Apprenticeship Summer Program (YASP)
On-demand weeknight and weekend transit service starting in Corner Brook on April 1st
Plans to build a home bounded by the Humber River in Steady Brook gets environmental green light
