Since much of the weed growth on the Great Lakes is from non-native invasive species, perhaps we should require frequent anchoring to help alleviate the weeds?I've seen MUCH more sea grass and growth in common anchorages in the Great Lakes. The very popular and famous Pool in Bae Fine has a lot of weeds. Since the zebra mussels have cleaned the water so much, seabed growth is booming. Bass, walleye, pike, sunfish, drum and more live in those grasses. I think anchoring should be banned in the Great Lakes which are much more fragile than coastal wetland waters.
The estuaries along the GA coast no doubt have some very robust areas where an anchored boat is going to do little damage, or certainly less damage than a hurricane and is quite likely that there are some areas that are environmentally sensitive with a bottom shouldn't be disturbed. There may well be times of the year where it is damaging to anchor and at other times anchoring has no effect. There is always a danger to painting issues like where to anchor with broad brush strokes.