This is taken directly from Digigreen and appears on a number of forums:
Every year many cuttlefish are caught when they come in to breed. The practice is depleting the stock of cuttlefish in the area as they are prevented from breeding.
A petition has been started to bring this to the attention of the UK government and UK residents can sign up at
Petition to: ban cuttlefish catching in babbacombe bay breeding ground.
Closing date is 16th March 2008 so don't hang about.