Sussex Kelp Recovery Project – active restoration

The web page explains the Sussex Kelp Recovery Project’s approach to kelp restoration. Although the page is titled ‘Active restoration’ it actually focuses on explaining the potential drawbacks of active restoration, and why this project is instead taking a passive rewilding approach instead. This is based on removing the main pressure on kelp, which was sea-bed trawling, and then waiting to see if the seabed recovers naturally, with regular monitoring to observe changes.