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Why do I need a licence to remove lost, abandoned or discarded fishing gear from the sea bed?

Posted by: Matthew Kinmond, MMO, Posted on: 23 August 2017 - Categories: Coastal, marine conservation, marine licensing

Our Senior Marine Licensing Manager Matthew Kinmond answers this question.

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How clean is your beach?

Posted by: Carl Harvey (Digital Manager), Posted on: 15 March 2017 - Categories: Coastal, marine conservation
Pile of rubbish collected

...hour clean we had found hundreds of items scattered across the beach and sand dunes including: tractor tyres lighters glass bottles beer cans tennis balls cotton bud tips cans of...

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