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26 October 2022
Holyrood Committee hosts “crucial/urgent investigation” of Scottish fishing
Rural Affairs Committee confirm inquiry into management of Scotland’s inshore fisheries Rural Affair…
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24 October 2022
Fish legal loses Wye case at Court of Appeal after long battle – despite planning “error of law”
Fish Legal has lost one of its cases relating to the increasing numbers of poultry farms in the Rive…
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20 October 2022
Missing monitoring data leaves “Turbocharged” East Midlands Airport de-icer pollution unchecked
The Environment Agency has confirmed that East Midlands Airport is failing to provide key monitoring…
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26 September 2022
Scottish Government briefing bias in favour of bottom trawling exposed
Evidence of bias by Marine Scotland against interest groups calling for the use of less environmenta…
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26 September 2022
Fish Legal appeals High Court decision for the sake of The River Wye
Fish Legal has asked the Court of Appeal to look again at the Cardiff High Court decision to refuse…
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06 September 2022
Gaps in River Wye abstraction data raise questions over regulatory oversight during times of drought
Fish Legal has written to Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and the Environment Agency (EA) asking how t…
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23 August 2022
High Court turns down Fish Legal bid to challenge Powys poultry expansion plan
In a hearing yesterday, the High Court in Cardiff refused permission for Fish Legal to proceed with…
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20 July 2022
Industrial chicken complex application in Tywi catchment thrown out by planners on environmental grounds
Planning permission for a 16,000 strong free range poultry unit at Pentrefelin near Llandeilo has be…
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11 July 2022
Sewage pollution in River Tawe? “Live with it.”
Natural Resources Wales has confirmed that work to stop regular discharges of untreated sewage into…
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06 July 2022
Defra gives thumbs up to North Eastern IFCA’s dodgy maths for bass netting
In February, Fish Legal (FL) discovered that the North-Eastern Inshore Fisheries Conservation Author…
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