UK ferry company allowed to carry on destroying marine life
Controversial larger ferries will continue between Hampshire and the Isle of Wight despite the High Court ruling they were unlawfully introduced. A campaign group brought the legal challenge after Wightlink introduced three new ships on its Lymington to Yarmouth route in February 2009. A judge declared the move was a breach of the European habitats directive. Wightlink said the breach was not intentional and it had believed that it was acting in accordance with the law.