Seahorses at risk

On BBC 1 'Breakfast' yesterday (9th September), there was a feature on a thriving colony of seahorses in Studland Bay in Dorset. They are at risk because of on-going damage to their habitat - eel grass - caused by leisure yachts anchoring in the bay. English Nature, which is a government agency, said that a balance had to be struck between wildlife and commercial interests...
The English Nature web-site is at www.naturalengland.org.uk/
Also see the Seahorse Trust web-site at www.theseahorsetrust.co.uk/

Date: 2008-09-10

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