Measures to improve depleted Auckland Hauraki Gulf mussel beds

Kūtai monitoring Ōkahu Bay (PHOTO: Supplied)

Kūtai settling in 24hrs after deployment - Ōkahu Bay (PHOTO: Shaun Lee (Revive our Gulf))

Kūtai deployment Ōkahu Bay, Auckland (PHOTO: Supplied)

Kūtai deployment Ōkahu Bay, Auckland (PHOTO: Supplied)

Kūtai monitoring Ōkahu Bay (PHOTO: Supplied)

Kūtai monitoring Ōkahu Bay (PHOTO: Supplied)

Kūtai monitoring Ōkahu Bay (PHOTO: Supplied)

Filamentous seaweed collected for spat experiment from Hauraki Gulf (PHOTO: Supplied)

Dredging the Hauraki Gulf for Kūtai mid last century. (PHOTO: Supplied)

Dr Mallory Sea putting tiny spat (baby mussels) into tank with seaweed. (PHOTO: Supplied)