A peek into how we grow seaweed

Ever been curious about how to grow native seaweed?

Here’s a little peek into some of the sights and sounds behind this delicate process of love and care — helping our baby kelps (gametophytes) grow and develop before making their way back out to sea.

The restoration and farming of our two native kelp species begins and ends in the ocean.

We start by carefully collecting a few healthy and fertile fronds from our farms and bringing them back to our seaweed hatchery at SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton’s aquarium where we tend to their health and growth through each stage of the process.

From ocean, to hatchery, and back again.

A big thank you to Isabella Browne for this fantastic short video made with footage from our fieldwork by the team and our supporters.