A species of long and flat seagrass, called shoal grass, is known to have booms and busts and can spread quickly, and most of the increases across Hillsborough Bay are shoal grass beds, according ...

Statewide project is designed to grow resilient seagrass to thrive after being planted in water affected by pollution, climate change ...

About 70,000 cubic yards of sand will be dredged from the shoal. Some of the sand will be used to fill a lifeless dredge hole in another area of the lagoon to help grow seagrass.

The bad news: The bay’s northern section, Old Tampa Bay, is at a record-low amount of seagrass since tracking began in 1988. That part of the bay, beneath three major bridges and thwarted by ...