For the first time in two decades, one of Britain's richest shellfish banks has been open three seasons running, following strict curbs on a national free-for-all which led to the deaths of 21 Chinese ...

The gangmaster Lin Liang Ren has taken most of the blame for the Morecambe Bay cockling disaster, but the British government and other official bodies have also attracted criticism. Lin was found ...

David Morris MP has tabled a Parliamentary motion demanding to know how many years those convicted of the cockle pickering disaster served in prison. That this House notes that Lin Liang Ren, Lin Mu ...

A court has been told of the dreadful conditions faced by Chinese cocklers who worked in Morecambe Bay. Five people are on trial in connection with the deaths of 21 Chinese cocklers in the early hours ...

Solway cockling future discussed A meeting to determine the best way of managing cockling on the Solway estuary will take place tonight (18 October). Marine Scotland will meet with local fishermen, ...

Local people and fishermen have traditionally cockled, but in modern times a commercial industry has grown up where they are gathered on a much larger scale. Itinerant gangs of workers - including ...

ILLEGAL cockling poses a threat to the long-term future of the Dee estuary, a court was told yesterday. ILLEGAL cockling poses a threat to the long-term future of the Dee estuary, a court was told ...

Fylde Council wants cockling to return in a "safe and orderly fashion" at Foulnaze Bank A plan to police the Ribble estuary cockle beds has been put forward to the fishing authority. Fylde council met ...

Strict regulations on the number of cockling days and the amount that can be harvested have been introduced The normally lucrative cockling season failed to yield a bumper harvest – with figures ...