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European Journal | Netherlands: Mussel farmers combat green activists

1,177 views · Published 16 October 2008 · 4:22 · Indexed 8 November 2026

Channel: DW News · 2008 · Entertainment

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Mussel farmers on the Dutch coast are up in arms after environmental activists applied to prohibit the fishing of so-called 'seed mussels' in the Wadden Sea as a violation of the European Habitats Directive. A report has been commissioned to determine the effects of mussel fishing on common eider ducks and other animals native to the area. In two years, however, the livelihood for several thousand local people could be at an end.

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