shellfish die-offs

  • Call for public inquiry into shellfish deaths

    Call for public inquiry into shellfish deaths

    1st June 2023

    Council supports inquiry with ‘powers to compel testimony’ and calls for financial compensation North Yorkshire Council has called for a public inquiry into the mass die-off of shellfish off Teesside and the North Yorkshire coast that began in October 2021.…

  • Outrage as Defra closes file on die-offs

    Outrage as Defra closes file on die-offs

    23rd February 2023

    Defra will not carry out any further investigations into the cause of shellfish deaths in the North East of England, and there is ‘no question’ of the government offering any financial support or compensation to fishermen in the region, reports…

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