Seaweed Restoration Toolkit

A brief introduction to seaweed restoration, the Love Rimurimu project,  why restoration is needed, and how you might begin your efforts.

Find out more about the steps involved in seaweed restoration, and our experiences with collaboration, knowledge-building, project funding and permits.

Community engagement can be a big part of a restoration project. In this chapter, we explore the benefits and challenges of reaching out and engaging the public in restoration and examples of how Love Rimurimu grows its community.

Dive into Wellington's brown seaweed biodiversity and learn about the important species that can be used for restoration purposes.

A guide to collecting fertile kelp material. How to find and harvest that good stuff, environmental and locational considerations, and the permits you might need to undergo collection in your area.

You've got your fertile material; now what? How to extract spores and gametes, creating healthy cultures, and building a genetic library to see you into the future.

Like any baby organism, our seaweeds have needs; let's set them up for success. Learn how to create a space for them to establish, grow, and thrive, giving them the best start in life, before they're cast into the cruel outside world.

A go-to guide for planning and carrying out baseline monitoring at your selected restoration sites - everything you need to get started and how to perform the monitoring surveys.

Learn how we prepare for and carry out kelp plant-outs in the Love Rimurimu project, and how we continue to monitor the baby kelp as it grows in the sea.