The social meeting held on March 2nd featured a senior local member of ORRCA, Darren Ramsey, who gave a lively and thought provoking presentation on ORRCA and the work the organisation carries out helping marine mammals in distress. ORRCA, which stands for Organisation for the Rescue and...
Posted 6 years 7 months ago
Posted 6 years 7 months ago
This year SURG not only participated in the Clean Up Australia Day activities but also used the garbage collected to investigate the types of rubbish that have landed up in Coffs Creek.
This study followed the research of Toby Ekman, a Southern Cross university student, who conducted a...
Posted 6 years 7 months ago
The Solitary Islands underwater interpretive trail was first installed in early 2003 and apart from a regular cleanup and the replacement of some broken plaques and direction markers in 2014, it has remained...
Posted 6 years 10 months ago
SURG members, Steve Smith, Bob Edgar, Matt Nimbs and Ian Shaw, recently took part in the inaugural Sydney Sea Slug Census, centred on Bare Island, at La Perouse, southern Sydney.
Following in the footsteps of the Port Stephens Sea Slug Census organised by CHUG (the Combined Hunter...
Posted 6 years 11 months ago
During the SURG estuary research project, SURG members have found number of abandoned traps in the local creeks. Some of these located had fish trapped inside. Some fish were released but one dead fish clearly died from starvation. Under the NSW Fisheries regulation it is illegal for...
Posted 7 years 1 month ago
Members of SURG extend their thanks to Toormina students for donating $400 to the club.
The Year 8 science students at Toormina High conducted a major study on water quality and management in the environment. As part of their presentation to parents the Student Representative Council...
Posted 7 years 3 months ago
SURG has been successful in its funding application to Recreational Fishing Trusts June 2015. This 3 year funding from the NSW Goverment Department of Primary Industries will support SURG's assessments of recreational fish biodiversity. These assessments will direct on-grounds remediation work...
Posted 7 years 4 months ago
In early 2012 Coffs Harbour's Solitary Islands Underwater Research Group (SURG) Inc. received $34,164 from the NSW Government through the NSW Environmental Trust to conduct research into the health of coral communities in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. SURG is comprised of citizen scientists...
Posted 7 years 9 months ago
SURG has been successful in its application for the Environmental Trust Community Education grant. This grant is a community action blueprint to enhance estuarine habitat resilience. SURG members will undertake in-water estuarine surveys to determine the presence of threatened and protected...
Posted 7 years 10 months ago
SURG members turned out in force to conduct underwater marine debris surveys at Red Rock Saturday last, 22nd November.
Using protocols designed by the National Marine Science Centre and promoted by Underwater Volunteers NSW, 10 members surveyed a portion of the estuary adjacent to the...