![]() Dive teams monitor these protected areas and document the regeneration process. Preservation work starts with placing yellow buoys along the perimeter of the seagrass meadows to keep ships and other vessels from disturbing the grasses. In partnership with the Ocean Conservation Trust, Plymouth Gin is helping to fund the protection of seagrass meadows in the UK’s coastal waters. The Old Gin and the SeaĪvoidable human activity is responsible for most seagrass decline in recent decades. That’s 40 times more marine life than seabeds without seagrass. A single hectare (about 2.5 acres) of seagrass can shelter up to 80,000 animals, including endangered species. Seagrass meadows protect coastlines from erosion and act as a natural nursery for fish and crustaceans. But there’s a more immediate benefit to ocean conservation. The benefits to the environment speak for themselves. ![]() These underwater meadows are also highly efficient, taking in carbon 35 times faster than rainforests. In fact, seagrass fields capture around 10 percent of ocean-based carbon. Like plants on land, seagrass absorbs carbon in the ocean. The only true plant species to thrive completely submerged in the ocean, seagrass plays an important role in balancing mankind’s carbon footprint. Seagrass is the lifeblood of marine ecosystems. A Healthy Planet Brought to You by Seagrass That’s why Plymouth is partnering with the Ocean Conservation Trust to protect one of the planet’s most vulnerable and most vital habitats-seagrass meadows. Much like the iconic gin and tonic, the Plymouth story and the sea are inseparable. For nearly 200 years, no British Royal Navy ship raised anchor without a stockpile of Plymouth Gin aboard. Plymouth Gin has been distilled here, at a site overlooking the sea, according to tradition since 1793.
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