The Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) said it was being ignored by some individuals.

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The animals were released back into the sea by the North Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) earlier.

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People were warned by the IFCA not to take home any lobsters if they found any that had been washed up on the coast.

BBC: Stranded lobsters released back into North Sea

Wreck to Reef has approached Southern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) to fund the project, near Ringstead Bay, for three years from 2014.

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Ian Carrier, chief executive of Southern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA), which manages the marine environment in that area said it had "no powers to deal with this sort of altercation" and that it was a police matter.

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