Seagrass is one of the world’s most valuable ecosystems, supporting both fisheries and biodiversity, cleaning surrounding water, and helping to remove carbon from the atmosphere. The project’s aim is to locate and expand its presence in the seas around Kintyre.
The main focus of this project is Carradale and Torrisdale Bays on the east side of the Kintyre peninsula. The bays have good areas of semi sheltered water, with the right substrate. Historic records and washed up seagrass plants suggest that seagrass is growing there.
This project will involve the local school children the community, contribute to both marine conservation and carbon capture, and will form a small, but valuable, part of world seagrass restoration of marine habitat.
In 2025 SMEEF provided £16,000, using resources donated by SSEN Distribution to support surveys of existing seagrass beds in the local area, including provision of equipment to support ongoing surveys by the community.