2022 November December Marina World

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AMI Expo, USA 22
ASAR/GCM Safe Harbour
Drystacks, USA 32
American Muscle, USA 50
Applied Technology &
Management, USA 26
Aqua superPower, UK 68
Bellingham Marine, USA 7, 9 & 11
Bluewater Marine & Dock, USA 66
Boatlift, Italy 30
Capria, Argentina 70
Conolift by Kropf Industrial, Canada 20
D-Marin, Greece 35
Den Hartog Industries, USA 69
DrySta, Spain 50
DualDocker, Austria 24
Dura Composites, UK 44
FGM Technology, Italy 70
Flovac, Spain 75
Forklift Exchange, USA 63
GH Cranes & Components, Spain 65
Gigieffe, Italy 10
Golden Manufacturing, USA 14 & 15
Horizon Marina, China 68
IMCI, Belgium 72
IWMC 2022, Portugal 28
Ingemar, Italy 12
Inland & Coastal Marina
Systems, UK & Ireland 40
Inmare, Italy 68
Lindley, Portugal 16
Marex, Croatia 50
Marina Master by IRM, Slovenia 60
Marina Projects, UK 76
MARINAGo by Scribble Software, USA 71
Marinetek, Finland 4
Marinetek Sponsored
Feature, Finland 18 &19
Marine Travelift, USA 60
Martini Marinas, Italy 47
Molo, USA 53
Nautipark, France 59
Pacific Netting, USA 22 & 26
Pacsoft, New Zealand 72
PierPump by Vogelsang, Germany 8
Plus Marine, Italy 40
Poralu Marine, France 38 & 39
Prickly Bay Waterside Ltd, Grenada 45
Rolec, UK 49
Ronautica, Spain 37
Roodberg - a brand of
Frisian Industries, Netherlands 67
SF Marina System, Sweden 2
Seaflex, Sweden 6
Seijsener, Netherlands 73
Superior Group, Australia 60
Swede Ship Sublift, Sweden 66
ThruFlow, Canada 72
Twinwood by Soprefa, Portugal 29
Walcon Marine, UK 43
Wiggins Lift Co, USA 57
Pod design to
regenerate
seagrass
A unique experiment to help restore
seagrass in marine regeneration
projects has reached a crucial stage
in trials within Falmouth Harbour,
UK.
The hot-housing Seavive Pod,
designed and now modified by
Bournemouth University student Alex
Croasdell (above left), has been found
to successfully rot down seagrass
seedpods to nurture the release of
seeds so that they can be used to
replenish seagrass beds, potentially
around the world.
Croasdell’s latest Seavive design, 3D
printed by Niall Jones using recycled
plastic, is now suspended below
Falmouth Haven pontoons for ease of
access, and contains seagrass seed
pods harvested from the Flushing
seagrass bed – with necessary
permissions gained by Falmouth
Harbour for Natural England.
Seavive has been backed by a
partnership that includes Falmouth
Harbour, Falmouth-based GAC UK and
marine restoration charity Our Only
World and Croasdell thanks everyone
who has helped fund and develop
the project. “I hope these pods can
help preserve and bring back our lost
seagrass meadows, which are so vital
for our ecosystem and coastlines,” he
says.
The prototype pod will be retrieved
from the Falmouth Haven pontoon this
month (November) and the released
seeds used as part of an educational
session within the wider Cornwall Flood
Forum. The plan is for school pupils
to take the released seeds, mix them
with sand, and place them in hessian
bags. The next day, volunteer divers
and snorkelers will plant the bags
within scour patches left by moorings
removed by Falmouth Harbour in 2021.
The seeds will be monitored for
signs of germination in spring 2023
with hopes that this activity will help
to speed up the regeneration of the
patches.
Vicki Spooner, Falmouth Harbour
environmental manager (top right),
adds her thanks for the funding and
hopes the Seavive Pod will ultimately
be used worldwide for small-scale
seagrass regeneration projects.
“This is a super project to be involved
in and it’s great to be able to help Alex
take his design to the next stage,” she
says. “Using recycled plastics to create
the prototype is something we are
hoping to explore further as part of our
plans to reduce waste and contribute to
the circular economy so it was great to
work with Niall to understand more on
how this can be achieved.”
www.falmouthharbour.co.uk
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