CONTENTS 



Page 



CONVERSION FACTORS, U.S. CUSTOMARY TO METRIC (SI) 5 



I INTRODUCTION 7 



II HARVESTING AND STORING PLANTS 7 



1. Identifying Preferred Harvest Sites 7 



2. Harvest Technique . 7 



3. Storage Guidelines 7 



III PREPARING PLANTING UNITS 9 



IV PLANTING METHOD 9 



V PLANT MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS 9 



1. Number of Units Required for a Planting 9 



2. Number of Shoots Required for a Planting. 12 



VI LABOR REQUIREMENTS 12 



1. Harvesting 12 



2. Preparation of Planting Units 12 



3. Planting 12 



VII SUMMARY 13 



LITERATURE CITED 15 



TABLE 



Labor estimates (by source) 14 



FIGURES 



1 A photo of a high current area eelgrass meadow at low tide 8 



2 Plant collection 10 



3 Isolating the proper number of shoots per planting unit . . 10 



4 Attachment of anchor and fasteners 11 



5 Placing the planting units into containers for transport to the 



planting site 11 



