Clarification: Saving Seagrass story
Posted December 23, 2019 6:00 am
DURHAM, N.H. (AP) - In a story published Dec. 22, 2019, The Associated Press reported that the Great Bay was 1,020 square miles (2,650 square kilometers). The story should have made clear that area was for the Great Bay watershed.
In this Oct. 29, 2019 photo, University of New Hampshire's Fred Short holds a strand of eel grass pulled from the Great Bay in Durham, N.H. After years of declines, Short and his colleagues have started to document a recovery of the underwater marine plant, which is critical for water quality in the bay and serves as food source and shelter for fish, crustaceans and other marine animals. (AP Photo/Michael Casey)
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In this Oct. 29, 2019 photo, University of New Hampshire's Fred Short holds a strand of eel grass pulled from the Great Bay in Durham, N.H. After years of declines, Short and his colleagues have started to document a recovery of the underwater marine plant, which is critical for water quality in the bay and serves as food source and shelter for fish, crustaceans and other marine animals. (AP Photo/Michael Casey)
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In this Oct. 29, 2019 photo, University of New Hampshire's Lara Martin looks through a viewscope to survey the plants and animals growing on the bottom of the Great Bay in Durham, N.H. Her work is part of an effort to monitor the health of the eel grass in the bay. (AP Photo/Michael Casey)
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In this undated photo provided by the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, an American lobster shelters in an eelgrass meadow off shore from Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass. Seagrass meadows, found in coastlines all coastal areas around the world except Antarctica's shores, are among the most poorly protected but widespread coastal habitats in the world. (Tay Evans/Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries via AP)
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In this Oct. 29, 2019 photo, a clump of eel grass wraps around a boat anchor pulled up from the waters of Great Bay in Durham, N.H. After years of declines, University of New Hampshire marine scientists have started to document a recovery of eel grass, which is critical for water quality in the bay and serves as food source and shelter for fish, crustaceans and other marine animals. (AP Photo/Michael Casey)
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In this undated photo provided by the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, a winter flounder rests in a restored eelgrass meadow in the outer Boston Harbor. Studies have found more than 70 species of seagrass that can reduce erosion and improve water quality, while providing food and shelter for sea creatures. (Tay Evans/Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries via AP)
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In this undated photo provided by the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, a green crab is camouflaged in a seagrass meadow off the coast of Marblehead, Mass. Seagrass meadows, found in coastlines all coastal areas around the world except Antarctica's shores, are among the most poorly protected but widespread coastal habitats in the world, Studies have found more than 70 species of seagrass that can reduce erosion and improve water quality, while providing food and shelter for sea creatures. (Jillian Carr/Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries via AP)
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In this Oct. 29, 2019 photo, from left, University of New Hampshire's Lara Martin,Nikki Sarrette and Nick Anderson monitor the health of eel grass in the Great Bay in Durham, N.H. Their sampling work is part of a global effort to monitor the health of seagrass, which is critical for water quality in the bay and serves as food source and shelter for fish, crustaceans and other marine animals. (AP Photo/Michael Casey)
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