Supporting Sea Grass in Plymouth

Cattewater Harbour Commissioners continued to assist the Ocean Conservation Trust Community Seagrass Initiative throughout 2023/24 by providing vessels and staff to deploy seedlings in Plymouth Sound. This is part of a larger project being led by Natural England to help support and improve the resilience of our marine environment. By planting seagrass in the Sound, the project hopes to create more seagrass meadows which provide homes for juvenile fish and protected creatures like seahorses and stalked jellyfish. Seagrass also has an integral role in stabilising the seabed, cleaning the surrounding seawater and capturing and storing significant amounts of carbon.