shellfish die-offs

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
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…