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"‘Protected’ seagrass meadows aren’t necessarily healthy – because pollution doesn’t stop at the shoreline"

https://theconversation.com/protected-seagrass-meadows-arent-necessarily-healthy-because-pollution-doesnt-stop-at-the-shoreline-279805

‘Protected’ seagrass meadows aren’t necessarily healthy – because pollution doesn’t stop at the shoreline

Marine protected areas can’t stop pollution flowing in from the land and Northern Ireland’s seagrass meadows are paying the price.

The Conversation

💧🌏 Greg Cocks Apr 8

Comparative Analysis Of Seagrass Biophysical Properties Mapping Using Multi-Resolution Satellite Imagery And Machine Learning In The Shallow Waters Of Teluk Pandan, Lampung, Indonesia
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2026.102002 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #Seagrass #monitoring #conservation #accuracy #vegetation #biophysical #benthic #habitat #composition #carbonmapping #Randomforest #ExtremeGradientBoosting #XGBoost algorithms #Sentinel2 #remotesensing #sensor #shallowwater #sentinel #PlanetScope #satellite #TelukPandan #Lampung #Indonesia #AI #deeplearning #machinelearning #model #modeling #water #marine #ocean #habitat #ecosystem #spatialanalysis

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AquaClaire Mar 24

Expand #MarineProtectedArea

Regulate & enforce #NoTakeZone, catch sizes, close seasons.

Special care for breeding & nursery habitats: #seagrass, #mangrove, #coral.

Actions to reverse decline & start recovery:
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2026/03/24/protect-habitat-to-halt-dwindling-numbers 🧵 2/ 2

#SaveOurSeas #ocean #conservation

Protect habitat to halt dwindling numbers

PETALING JAYA: As Malaysia's fish populations plummet, experts warn that some of the most familiar species could face local extinction within decades, but that timely action could still reverse the trend.

The Star

Primo Natura Mar 17

"Seagrass is a secret weapon against climate change. Can eco-moorings protect it from boat anchors?"

#SeaGrass #Climate #ClimateChange

https://www.euronews.com/2026/03/13/seagrass-is-a-secret-weapon-against-climate-change-can-eco-moorings-protect-it-from-boat-a

Greece tests eco-moorings to protect Mediterranean Posidonia seagrass

Anchors are damaging Posidonia seagrass, a key Mediterranean habitat that stores carbon, filters seawater and supports marine life.

euronews

MediaFaro Magazine Mar 13

Greece tests eco-moorings to protect Mediterranean Posidonia seagrass.

New anchoring systems designed to protect Posidonia seagrass meadows – one of the Mediterranean’s most important yet fragile marine ecosystems – are being tested near Athens.

Posidonia seagrass is a key Mediterranean habitat that stores carbon, filters seawater and supports marine life.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260313-greece-tests-eco-moorings-to-protect-mediterranean-posidonia-seagrass?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Seagrass #NatureConservation #Ecosystem #Mediterranean #Greece #Posidonia

Greece tests eco-moorings to protect Mediterranean Posidonia seagrass.

New anchoring systems designed to protect Posidonia seagrass meadows – one of the Mediterranean’s most important yet fragile marine ecosystems – are being tested near Athens. Posidonia seagrass is a …

Euronews

Dr Angel Borja Mar 2

Yesterday was #WorldSeagrassDay, @[email protected] is restoring these habitats in the Basque Country. In Butroe estuary we started in 2008 and the system is approaching slowly the good ecological status in 2025: it takes decades to recover degraded systems! #MarineEcology #Research #Seagrass

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Heliograph Feb 28

i too only travel in #pebble company ✓ #seagrass

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AquaClaire Feb 22

High hopes! & good news about the two species of seahorse in the seagrass meadows of Chichester harbour:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn9e1v13zxeo
h/t @MaQuest
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#seahorse #seagrass #Chichester #oysters #NatureRestoration #HarbourOysters

Why are 5,000 oysters being scrubbed in Chichester Harbour?

The oysters will be put into Chichester Harbour to improve oyster populations and biodiversity.

Dr Angel Borja Feb 13

fortunately, in Europe, the Water Framework Directive #WFD, has contributed to recover some systems, including many #Seagrass habitats #MarineEcology #Research

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2ipebi4cuxifikswemt3ll5e/post/3meq23ulbaxe2

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GES4SEAS MOOCs Feb 13

Since then, loss rates slowed down for most species and fast-growing species recovered in some locations
This resulted in a net rate of change in #seagrass area, experiencing a reversal in the 2000s, in Europe