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An environmental group calling for control of parchment worm in the Marlborough Sounds has criticised the Marlborough District Council for years of inaction.
However, the council said it is following expert advice and is instead focused on preventing pest species from getting established.
The parchment worm is threatening the survival of some significant marine species in the sounds, particularly the Galeolaria tubeworm, a council scientist told the Environment and Planning committee in November. Three other ecologically significant species had completely disappeared from the sounds.
The Guardians of the Sounds, an environmental group, said they raised the alarm about the rapid spread of parchment wor
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