Conservation is the priority at Studland warns MMO.

[doug748]

Thanks Moonbeam, it is often difficult to sort the truth from propaganda.

Quelle surprise. It might just be that seagrass is not growing in some areas because they are not suited. All the earnest hopes and wishes of some interested individuals may not change the fact.

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[Concerto]

That link is a slightly different and rather positive spin on the same story below which says, that so far, the efforts have not worked out as they had hoped... but they are stepping up the programme.
Plymouth seagrass project switch after low yield

Interesting article. I love how they have stated "The plant, found in shallow waters of coastal regions, has been declining worldwide by about 7% annually since 1990. " with no link to show the origin of the information. Funny how BORG have shown over the past 75 years the seagrass in Swanage Bay has expanded exponentially. Definitely a single issue pressure group drip feeding the same blinkered vision of something must be done. If all factors that affect seagrass like water temperature, fertilzer run off, sewage leaks, chemical spills, etc., were considered along with anchoring, then I would believe more of the "science" being talked about.

It seems Natural England are so blinkered that they are stopping house building on a large scale as NE last month imposed a ban on new house builds affecting 42 local authorities. This is to protect the health and biodiversity of wetland areas. New developments should only be allowed if it can be shown that they would not contribute to increasing levels of nitrogen or phosphorus in rivers. Such nutrients have become a growing problem because they are not always removed at wastewater treatment works before they are discharged into rivers. The end result is the Home Builders Federation estimates uo to 100,000 planned properties will be put on hold.
Ban on building work puts up to 100,000 new homes on hold

We have also been told by conservationists about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch which is about double the size of Texas. A recent study has found it is home to a rich variety of wildlife.
Host Of Wildlife Found Living It Up In The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

 

[RobbieW]

Surely the root of this whole fiasco is that Seagrass is very hard to grow. If it's easy to grow then we can lift any and all restrictions, if not then we mustn't pin any CO2 reductions to these crazy schemes. These would appear to be mutually exclusive outcomes, yet the same people seem to peddle both.

Interesting article. I love how they have stated "The plant, found in shallow waters of coastal regions, has been declining worldwide by about 7% annually since 1990. " with no link to show the origin of the information. Funny how BORG have shown over the past 75 years the seagrass in Swanage Bay has expanded exponentially....

At least the BBC article specifically calls it Posidonia throughout. Posidonia does take a long time to regenerate. However, the predominant species in the UK is Zostera Marina or eelgrass - Zostera marina - Wikipedia. There are few scientific studies of the UK species although empirical evidence shows it is little affected by anchor disturbance with areas regenerating within a season or two. Not all seagrasses have the same growth patterns