UK officials issued a legal warning after protected seahorses were disturbed; divers should observe for under five minutes and never touch or pursue them

• The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) warned that anyone who deliberately searches for, photographs or films native seahorses without a specialist wildlife licence could face enforcement action under conservation laws.
• Both seahorse species found in British waters, the spiny or long-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus) and th