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Historic Map Reveals How Mussel Farm is Bringing Shellfish Reefs Back to the Seabed
August 15, 2024
PLYMOUTH, England, Aug. 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Plymouth issued the following news:

The UK's first large scale offshore mussel farm is allowing shellfish reefs to return to parts of the seabed off England's south coast for the first time in up to 150 years, a new study has revealed.

Researchers have spent the past decade examining the environmental impact of the farm, which was first established in Lyme Bay off the coast of Dorset in 2013.

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