Volunteers hope efforts to remove invasive northern Pacific seastar will make a difference
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FebFebruary 2021 at 10:05pm
A pile of northern Pacific seastars collected in just minutes of diving on Hobart s waterfront.
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By the time removal efforts began, the species was well established in the Derwent River
The volunteer divers are hoping a regular effort over three to five years could help control it
But while she loves snapping the different creatures she encounters, there is one species that has become an all too familiar sight. The starfish are just loaded. Stacked on and stacked on, she said.