World Seagrass Day (1st March)

  • First-ever World Seagrass Day was observed on 1st March 2023.
  • Seagrasses are marine flowering plants that are found in shallow waters from the tropics to the Arctic Circle, covering over 300,000 square kilometres of the ocean floor.
  • Seagrass meadows – often referred to as a type of “blue forest” - supply food and shelter to thousands of species of fish, seahorses, turtles, and other marine animals, and sustain some of the world’s largest fisheries.
  • Seagrasses improve water quality by filtering, cycling and storing nutrients and pollutants, thus reducing contamination in seafood. As part of the marine ecosystem, they store up to 18 ....
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