UK ferry operator Wightlink has warned that staff will have to go if it is forced to cut the number of sailings across the Solent.
The company's new W-class vessels make almost 18,000 journeys a year between Lymington and Yarmouth, but government advisory body Natural England says the figure should be reduced to 16,500 on environmental grounds.
Any cuts would only affect night-time crossings, the company has said.
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