01 Nov 2022
The UK Parliament Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee held a hearing into the deaths of large numbers of crustaceans off the Yorkshire coast since October 2021. There have been conflicting theories about the reasons for the deaths of the crabs and lobsters. The Government has attributed the cause to a marine ‘algal […]
18 Oct 2022
The Parliamentary Environment Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee is to hold a hearing into the deaths of large numbers of shellfish washing up on beaches in the North East of England since October 2021. The FishFocus website reported that there have been conflicting theories about the reason for the deaths of the crabs and lobsters. […]
19 Jul 2022
The deaths of thousands of crabs, lobsters and other marine life in the north-east of England should be reinvestigated, a council has said. Mass wash-ups have happened along the coast since October 2021. Our previous coverage can be read here. The BBC has now reported that Redcar and Cleveland council along with Middlesbrough and Hartlepool […]
07 Dec 2021
Environment Agency rules out chemical pollution as likely cause of Teesside crab deaths. The Environment Agency has ruled out chemical pollution as a likely cause of the deaths of thousands of crabs and lobsters that have been washed ashore along the Teesside and North Yorkshire coast The investigation into the deaths of thousands of crabs […]
10 Oct 2017
Government stops the landing of berried lobsters, this seems a sensible measure that used to be common practice – The Blue Marine Foundation and MCS comment. From 1 October 2017 UK registered vessels must not fish for berried lobsters. A lobster or crawfish which is carrying eggs attached to its tail or some other exterior […]
24 Oct 2016
Ecology isn’t simple. The relationship between species in the environment is dynamic and complex. Evidence building in the UK from Lundy and Arran are showing how crustacean populations develop once no take zones are introduced. It has taken years for such experiments to be allowed in UK and now we should be using this evidence […]