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(BBC Newsline 6.30 - 22/01/2009 / Reporter: Mike McKimm) The Northern Ireland Executive commits itself to saving the horse mussels in Strangford Lough.
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Saving the horse mussels in Strangford Lough has taken on new importance for the Executive. Large reefs were damaged by fishing boats but now a project is trying to help them recover - and to stop Northern Ireland ending up in the European courts.

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