Field Notes: Spawn Night with the Kudjela Rangers
A Tidewright field note from Gulf St Vincent: collecting golden kelp broodstock by torchlight with the Kudjela Sea Country Rangers, two hours either side of low tide.
Jack Callum ·
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A Tidewright field note from Gulf St Vincent: collecting golden kelp broodstock by torchlight with the Kudjela Sea Country Rangers, two hours either side of low tide.
Jack Callum ·

Four Kudjela sea-country rangers fly north to our Lofoten project. A week of sugar kelp, winter light, and two very different coasts trading what they know.
Jack Callum ·

The ocean is not empty and neither are its rights. Tenure, jurisdiction and Indigenous sea country decide who can claim coastal carbon — before any science does.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·

Golden kelp drops its spores for two short weeks in Gulf St Vincent. Field notes from a collection week run on the Kudjela Rangers' calendar, not ours.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Two weeks in Tasmania building the Kudjela Rangers' dive survey crew: skills assessments, safety drills, and the moment a new surveyor out-dove her instructor.
Jack Callum ·
Five days on sea country with the Kudjela Rangers off Tasmania's east coast: eDNA sampling, seasonal calendars, and what genuine co-management looks like on the water.
Jack Callum ·
How Indigenous sea country ranger careers work: what rangers do, how ranger programs are funded, the skills involved, and how to find ranger group jobs.
Jack Callum ·