Why might anchoring directly on a seagrass meadow cause lasting environmental damage, compared to anchoring on bare sand or mud?

A. Seagrass grows back within hours regardless of any disturbance

B. An anchor and chain dragging or resetting across seagrass can uproot and scar the meadow, which recovers extremely slowly (often years) and provides important nursery habitat, carbon storage, and seabed stabilisation that bare sand doesn't

C. Seagrass is not protected or ecologically significant in any way

D. Anchoring on seagrass is only a concern in tropical waters, never in UK waters

A. Plastic may be discharged more than 12nm from land

B. Discharge of all plastics into the sea is prohibited everywhere, with no distance-from-land exception — plastic waste must always be retained on board and disposed of ashore

C. Plastic may be discharged if it is cut into small enough pieces first

D. The rule only applies to vessels over 400 gross tonnes

A. Fill as fast as possible to minimise time at the pump

B. Slow down as the tank approaches full, listen/watch for the tone or sight change indicating it's nearly done, and use a drip tray or absorbent pad under the filler and any vent to catch spillage or overflow

C. There is no real risk of spillage from a vent pipe, only from the filler itself

D. Environmental precautions are only necessary when refuelling from a jerry can, not at a fixed fuel berth