ALSF The Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund

As the British Marine Aggregates Producers Association states on its website at:

http://www.bmapa.org/issues_levy01.php

Over 9 million pounds has been spent on marine research through the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund.  Filey Against Dredging welcomes spending on sustainability research and accepts that Marine Aggregate Extraction is necessary to the economic welfare of this country. The concern is that Government organisations, particularly scientists,  should be independent from the aggregates industry. 

Certainly the ALSF is under the independent control of DEFRA and should be independent. Read the research paper on the above BMAPA link and see what you think.