Beaches: Seaweed
(asked on 15th May 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the removal of sea weed from beaches on the eco-diversity of the beach habitat.
This question was answered on 23rd May 2018
The evidence on the effects of the removal of seaweed from breaches on the eco-diversity of beach habitat is limited. However, in 2014, Natural England produced an advice note ‘Seaweed Harvesting, Natural England’s Advice’.