09-11-07, 12:34 PM
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Quote: | Originally Posted by Lisa Chilton Defra is currently (till 7 Dec 07) consulting on options to protect the Lyme Bay Reefs from scallop dredging.
The Lyme Bay Reefs are a favourite UK dive destination - and one of England's top five sites for marine wildlife - but scallop dredging is reducing the reefs to lifeless rubble.
The Wildlife Trusts are calling for a statutory ban on scallop dredging on all of the Lyme Bay Reefs - an area of 60 square miles, which is less than 10% of Lyme Bay. This would protect not just the wildlife, but also the sustainable activities that rely on healthy reefs: diving, angling and potting.
To find out more, support our petition or write to Defra, please visit www.savelymebayreefs.org
To get involved in The Wildlife Trusts' marine campaigns, visit www.wildlifetrusts.org and click on the Save Our Seas panel.
Thanks for your support.
Lisa Chilton, The Wildlife Trusts | Lisa,
was you at the offshore adaptive management seminar at the SOAS last week?
Keith 
__________________ 1 hr 20 mins normal time or 6 hrs 86 mins in chasey ratio time to fill the boat, with a mixture of well 'ard (well one  ) rebreather divers, rebreather kn*bs, oc divers, even two of "them" sneaked on board. This is YD at its best. Even though Paul organised it. Grandad Dude, Jan 30th 2007 |