Awesome news from Tankers Reef!
All that hard work culling urchins has paid off. According to our most recent survey, the density of giant kelp went from just over 12 stipes per transect to almost 50 stipes per transect and urchins stayed way below the two per meter threshold. No changes were observed at the control site.
Congrats to Keith Rootsaert and all the Giant Giant Kelp Restoration Project volunteer divers who put in the hard work culling urchins! And to all the Reef Check divers who volunteered their time to collect this important data so that it can be shared with all of you!
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