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Weve counted up to a50 boats here in one day. its the noise, the anchors, the general movement of everything seems to affect the seahorses. theyre very prone to stress and so if you can sort of reduce that stress, then theyre quite happy, relaxed seahorses. if they have a lot of stress, then they move back out to sea. the wildlife presenter steve backshall has dived here, and says boat anchors and mooring chains can damage the sea bed. they completely destroy all the substrate around it, which m...

Of that binding substrate, which then washes away as sand. and so you just end up with these big, barren circles around all the moorings. and within that, nothing can live — and particularly not seahorses. so heres a solution. the seahorse trust is installing this environmentally friendly design. instead of a chain, the mooring is attached to a fixed point in the sea bed via a large elasticated rope that stretches with the tide and minimises damage. and, if beneficial, it will mean seafarers a...

Theyre very prone to stress and so if you can sort of reduce that stress, then theyre quite happy, relaxed seahorses. if they have a lot of stress, then they move back out to sea. the wildlife presenter steve backshall has dived here, and says boat anchors and mooring chains can damage the sea bed. they completely destroy all the substrate around it, which means that all the seagrass dies, and it gets rid of that binding substrate, which then washes away as sand. and so you just end up with thes...

Then they move back out to sea. the wildlife presenter steve backshall has dived here, and says boat anchors and mooring chains can damage the sea bed. they completely destroy all the substrate around it, which means that all the seagrass dies, and it gets rid of that binding substrate, which then washes away as sand. and so you just end up with these big, barren circles around all the moorings. and within that, nothing can live — and particularly not seahorses. so heres a solution. the seahor...

Famously, its the male that gets pregnant. its a protected species, and studland bay is a marine conservation zone. but boats in this popular area of the dorset coast can create problems. weve counted up to a50 boats here in one day. its the noise, the anchors, the general movement of everything seems to affect the seahorses. theyre very prone to stress, and so if you can sort of reduce that stress then theyre quite happy, relaxed seahorses. if they have a lot of stress, then they move back out ...

Dies, and it gets rid of that binding substrate, which then washes away as sand. and so you just end up with these big, barren circles around all the moorings. and within that, nothing can live, and particularly not seahorses. so, heres a solution. the seahorse trust is installing this environmentally—friendly design. instead of a chain, the moorings attached to a fixed point in the sea bed via a rubber line that stretches with the tide and minimises damage. divers put this screw anchor into t...

Then they move back out to sea. the wildlife presenter steve backshall has dived here, and says boat anchors and mooring chains can damage the sea bed. they completely destroy all the substrate around it, which means that all the seagrass dies, and it gets rid of that binding substrate, which then washes away as sand. and so you just end up with these big, barren circles around all the moorings. and within that, nothing can live — and particularly not sea horses. so heres a solution. the sea h...

Its the noise, the anchors, the general movement of everything seems to affect the seahorses. theyre very prone to stress, and so if you can sort of reduce that stress, then theyre quite happy, relaxed seahorses. if they have a lot of stress, then they move back out to sea. the wildlife presenter steve backshall has dived here and says boat anchors and mooring chains can damage the sea bed. they completely destroy all the substrate around it, which means that all the seagrass dies, and it gets r...