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Salt Water Treasures Community Marine Monitoring Program

 
 
Project
 
Salt Water Treasures Community Marine Monitoring Program
 
 
Delivery Organisation
 
South Coast Natural Resource
Management Inc

 
This project resourced the South Coast community with funding and equipment to establish an ongoing marine monitoring program, delivered by community groups engaged through the project. It complemented the Marine Community Monitoring Manual and the Coastbase Program. The project established a database of South Coast marine habitat and species diversity information and included sites potentially at risk or infested with introduced marine pests (IMP). The project engaged community groups in marine monitoring activities and raised the awareness of the local community on marine biodiversity, habitat values and potential risks associated with IMPs on the South Coast. It engendered stewardship by local communities for the conservation and protection of the coast and marine biodiversity values and assisted in building the capacity of community environmental/dive/school groups in coastal and marine monitoring and IMP spotting.