06 Jul 2021
Seabed anchor damage by large cruise ships – Dorset Wildlife Trust Report
In January 2021, Dorset Wildlife Trust commissioned remote sensing surveys in Weymouth Bay and Poole Bay, with funding from Natural England, to understand and document the impact of large vessel anchoring on seabed features and Marine Protected Areas. These surveys found that ships’ anchors had created large deep grooves, or scars, in the seabed, radiating around […]