School children have helped hone the environmental monitoring the dredge at Port Taranaki.
As a result of a project undertaken by Room Four at St Pius X School, Taranaki Regional Council [TRC] has increased their monitoring of effects from dredging.
“We were on an extensive monitoring programme already,” TRC scientific officer marine ecologist Emily Roberts said.
“We look at how the dredging affects the tidal communities, the beasties that live close to shore. We also look at how it might affect the seafood. We also do sand inspections to look at when sediment and sand might build on the beach. Read more
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