Summer By the Sea

Our Coast Action program this year was very well attended with good weather prevailing on both days. On both days fish were caught, ranging from rock cod to toads to juvenile snapper and on the first day several native seastars were also caught. This proved to be an ideal opportunity to talk about the difference between introduced seastars as opposed to native species. The introduced Northern Pacific seastar is unfortunately common around the Mornington area.
 
Australia Day Weekend - Venus Bay

Volunteers from Mornington will be involved in a major community education exercise at Venus Bay providing information on the interim regulation in force for the taking of pipi over the Austrlaia Day weekend. Also involved will be Coast Action, Parks Victoria, Fisheries Victoria, the DPI Education Unit and the Marine Discovery Centre. Hand out material has been produced for visitors which are estimated to be around 4,000 over the 4 day period. This is a new type of event for us and will certainly add to the volunteers speaking and communication skills.