I'd respectfully disagree. Those who are able to make the call are everyone's representitive. Those who can not make the call due to prior commitments might have something useful to contribute, and this thread would seem a useful place to do that. I agree that attending in person is far more useful, but that doesn't mean there isn't any use posting here.
Out of interest, does anyone know what position the RYA is taking about this? I assume it is opposed to an anchoring ban.
They talked about this briefly at the RYA Cruising Conference - from what I recall (again I am not an expert) I think thy said
My observation from this diagram is eel grass only grows where boats anchor. It does not grow where boats do not anchor. I know the Bay quite well, so have experience of where boats anchor.
There's a fundamental reason for that: eelgrass (the seagrass in Studland Bay) is easily uprooted by breaking waves or heavy seas. So it only survives in the more sheltered areas - which is exactly where we need to anchor. The inshore strip of sand is in shallow water where small waves break and the undertow and turbulence uproot any eelgrass that tries to grow there. So it might be that other sheltered anchorages have eelgrass present, and this conflict may arise in other places. But the truth is that anchoring does little damage, the actual area impacted is quite small (http://boatownersresponse.org.uk/anchoring-density.pdf ) and in addition, because the eelgrass in the Bay does get affected by rough seas when there are strong easterlies, it has probably evolved to be more robust to, and recover quicker from, physical disturbance (one of the more sensible seagrass experts told me that).
I did a chat question that the MMO have already made a decision. At least one person liked it ! Conservationists protecting their jobs comes to mind along with them watching the repeats of Yes Minister for 'ideas'.