25-01-2024, 02:36 PM
To be used to try to remove the invasive weed, hope it works.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advo...ARNH3Q4PI/
"The new mechanical suction dredge is at the centre of a $650,000 trial expected to be a game changer in the fight against caulerpa.
“We’re effectively moving from the equivalent of weeding by hand, to a mechanised approach for removing caulerpa from the sea floor,” Northland Regional Council (NRC) marine biosecurity manager and national marine invasions specialist Dr Kaeden Leonard said.
The Government-funded Omākiwi Cove caulerpa trial is an NRC-led joint project with the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) plus Te Rawhiti hapū Ngati Kuta and Patukeha.
If successful, its mechanical harvesting will potentially expand to bigger areas of the Bay of Islands, Aotea/Great Barrier Island and around the world."
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advo...ARNH3Q4PI/
"The new mechanical suction dredge is at the centre of a $650,000 trial expected to be a game changer in the fight against caulerpa.
“We’re effectively moving from the equivalent of weeding by hand, to a mechanised approach for removing caulerpa from the sea floor,” Northland Regional Council (NRC) marine biosecurity manager and national marine invasions specialist Dr Kaeden Leonard said.
The Government-funded Omākiwi Cove caulerpa trial is an NRC-led joint project with the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) plus Te Rawhiti hapū Ngati Kuta and Patukeha.
If successful, its mechanical harvesting will potentially expand to bigger areas of the Bay of Islands, Aotea/Great Barrier Island and around the world."
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)