The Santa Monica Bay Foundation will restore critical fish habitat connectivity on Catalina Island by transplanting 60,000 square feet of native Pacific eelgrass (Zostera pacifica) to a cove that historically supported a robust seagrass bed. The project team will transplant over 4,000 vegetative (asexual) buds, or turions, constituting the first transplant of this species on Catalina Island and the largest Zostera pacifica transplant to date. The project also includes robust monitoring with time lapse cameras deployments to document conditions. Sponsor: Santa Monica Bay Foundation
