Seaweek

On Monday Tomarata school went on a trip to Whangateau Harbour. The first place we went was Matakana wharf we saw two flounder and one crab it was cool. Then we saw an exhibition of underwater photography from marine biologists who had taken photos around the Whangateau Harbour. They were awesome.
Then Roger Grace a marine biologist showed us a slide show about the marine life that you would see in the harbour and he also talked about how the Whangateau HarbourCare group have a 10 point plan to protect the harbour from pollution and damage.He told us about the fish and where the protected places were along the harbour and the protected spots where he also had pictures of birds like seagulls and dotterals. Mr Grace had a tank with hermit crabs, sprats, mud crabs and yellow eye fish that was like a mini estuary and it was so cool.
By Sean Keven