UK seas to gain 31 marine conservation zones

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Campaigners dismayed that ministers rejected advice to create 127 zones, which are intended to protect ocean floors

The UK's sealife will be protected by 31 new conservation zones aimed at preventing trawling and dredging destroying life on the ocean floor, under plans announced by the government on Thursday. But...

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