NEWS

Grade 3 and 4 students at St Joseph's Catholic Primary in Crib Point have a fortnightly appointment with Western Port Bay. At Woolley's Beach, students collect mangrove seeds, propagate them in the school greenhouse, then return to plant the seedlings and track how many survive. This year they've planted 1,000 seeds, with roughly 30% establishing, a result the school rightly counts as a strong outcome for young mangroves in a tidal environment. Funding through OzFish's Big Bl