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am <br />i <br />Indian River County Manatee Protection and Boating Safety Comprehensive Management Pian <br />A 1492 FDEP report on seagrass scars in Indian River County documents that 25 acres of <br />seagrass are severely scarred; 18 acres of seagrass are moderately scarred; and 330 acres of <br />seagrass are lightly scarred. Irresponsible or careless boating activities may cause significant <br />impacts to seagrass habitat. Both a severe and direct adverse effect on manatee habitat is <br />damage of seagrasses by boating activities in shallow coastal waters and estuaries, resulting in <br />seagrass bed scars. <br />Community Development Department page 12 <br />