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Seagrass nursery network expands capacity and tests new methods to speed restoration
Summary
Five regional nurseries reported new infrastructure, higher production and experimental work—ranging from seed collection and flowering experiments to drone-assisted plantings—while speakers urged streamlined permitting and more plantings to meet restoration needs.
Marine Discovery Center, Restore Our Shores, Florida Oceanographic Society, Harbor Branch, and Sea and Shoreline described new nurseries, research and pilot plantings Friday as part of the Indian River Lagoon Council meeting.
The nursery partners said they have increased production capacity, tested experimental plantings and developed techniques to improve survival. Tess Taylor Tynes, conservation science coordinator at the Marine Discovery Center, described construction of 16 raceway tanks and a 12,000-gallon-per-hour effluent pond that will stage plants and restoration materials. "We are now focused on the last two items . . . creating our seagrass and clam stock," Tynes said.
Why it matters: managers agreed that nursery capacity must grow alongside water-quality work. Speakers asked for clearer permitting and faster pathways to deploy plants into the lagoon so production can translate to field benefits.
Nurseries and experiments
Tyler Provancha, conservation…
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