> There are extensive areas in the Solway Firth suitable for aggregate extraction.The map opposite outlines areas with suitable sand and gravel resources. There is, however, no data regarding the amount of aggregates extraction activity which takes place in the Solway.
My emphasis added - could be the people taking stones home from the beach, could be people dredging aggregate for construction purposes, but who knows?
Could also be changing sea levels and tides because of, well, you know. But yep, it's definitely people taking stones home.
Often comes up when commercial fishers blame recreational fishers for declining fish stocks. Or oil companies run propaganda to make climate change a personal responsibility for every human, nothing to do with them.
(...How is there no data on extractive operations in the Solway Firth? I have no idea how the UK handles mining operations, but you'd assume that data was available...)