‘Inredibly enouraging’: healing the scars of traditional anchors in Dorset’s seagrass meadows

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Dorset's seagrass meadows are showing recovery due to the use of eco-moorings that prevent damage from traditional anchors. This restoration has improved habitats for marine life including seahorses, eels, and crabs in Studland Bay.

Eco-moorings help to restore seagrass in just five years, boosting sealife such as seahorses, eels and crabs One of the UK’s most precious underwater habitats – Dorset’s seagrass meadows – is recovering thanks to “eco moorings” designed to prevent the seabed being ripped up, a study has revealed. Scars caused by traditional anchors in some areas of seagrass in Studland Bay have almost entirely vanished, which is boosting the number of seahorses that thrive in the submerged meadows. Continue reading...