Cork council to carry out pilot project to prevent infestation of sea lettuce on the coast

Cork County Council is looking for help to carry out a pilot project to control increasing sea lettuce infestation at beaches along the South-West coast by utilising shellfish to clean up bathing waters.

The infestation of sea lettuce on beaches and slipways in the region has worsened in recent summers, primarily due to nitrate fertilizer sweeping off the land into seas which are getting warmer.

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