Key aspects of the Tees Rivers Trust’s work includes a seagrass nursery located on the Tees Estuary, providing a location to grow seagrass plants from seed in controlled and monitored conditions. The plants are grown in sediment and water from the estuary so are accustomed to natural conditions. Some of these plants will be transplanted to suitable sites within the estuary along with planted seeds and others will be kept to produce seeds for the future, creating a self-sustaining population that can be used to supplement others.
Two oyster nurseries have been created in Hartlepool Marina and Hartlepool Dock, with volunteers assisting monthly monitoring sessions. A spatting pond has also been set up where it is hoped oysters will reproduce and produce young on cultch which can eventually be deployed to create a reef in the Tees Estuary or surrounding coast.
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