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Eelgrass

Eelgrass meaning

Any of several species of aquatic plant, with very long and narrow leaves | Zostera spp. in marine environments | Any of several species of aquatic plant, with very long and narrow leaves

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Eelgrass is a vital habitat for creatures such as seahorses and pipefish and a nursery for juvenile fish, but critically it is also a vast carbon sink.

Eelgrass serves as a vital habit for a broad range of marine life, including bay scallops, while river herring are a “foundation fish,” an important part of the bay’s ecosystem on which striped bass, bluefish and other sportfish feed.

A group of volunteers in Tuwanek placing metal washers on eelgrass shoots.