Herring gulls to be hunted away from mussel beds
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Add as a favourite source on Google Add DutchNews as a favourite source on GoogleZeeland provincial council has given the go ahead to plans to chase off and even shoot herring gulls which fishermen claim are damaging the mussel industry in the Oosterschelde estuary, local paper BN/De Stem reports.
The permit runs from July 1 to November 1 and allows ‘occasional’ shooting if necessary to make efforts to chase away the birds effective.
Herring gulls are a protected species in the Netherlands.
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