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Martin Brazier
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Dear Ally

Thank you for your request for information. You asked for any
correspondence held from the following bodies that relate to the
commercial use of kelp:

1. The Scottish Seaweed Association

2. Chemical Industries Association

You also asked for any correspondence between your organisation and any
other public body or Scottish Minister that relates to any issue raised in
correspondence received from the above two groups.

I can confirm that we do not hold any information within the scope of your
request. However, you may not be aware that we transferred all Crown
Estate properties and interests in Scotland to the management of the
Scottish Government in April 2017. Consequently, those properties and
interests are now managed by [1]Crown Estate Scotland, a separate
organisation to our own. It is possible that they may hold the information
you have requested.
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Martin Brazier
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1 St James's Market, London, SW1Y 4AH
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7851 5259
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