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Historic Essex cockle fishery at heart of MSC’s Sustainable Seafood September 2024 campaign. One of the UK’s oldest family-run fishing businesses will be showcased in the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) […]
Securing a Sustainable future for Wales’ cockle fishing heritage. New legislation has come into force which help to ensure cockle fisheries in Wales remain environmentally sustainable and economically viable for […]
“Dangerous exploitation of vulnerable workers” on anniversary of Morecambe Bay Cockling Disaster. On the twentieth anniversary of the Morecambe Bay Cockling Disaster, in which 21 people drowned, Unite, the UK’s […]
Contagious cancers in cockles sequenced, showing unexpected instability. Transmissible cancers in cockles — marine cancers that can spread through the water — have been sequenced for the first time, unearthing […]
Warmest June ever recorded in Wadden Sea; concerns over cockle mortality. In the past six summers, there were as many as five with high mortality among cockles in the Wadden […]
Cockles and pāua back in sea after MPI intervention. Almost 3,000 cockles and 150 undersized pāua are back in the sea after successful interventions by the New Zealand Ministry for […]
Thames cockle fishery gains MSC. An independent assessment of the Leigh Port Partnership cockle fishery has found it meets the Marine Stewardship Council’s internationally recognised standard for sustainable fishing. The […]
Large scale hand collection of cockles. There has been an increase in reports from the general public about large scale hand collection of cockles on the Teign Estuary. Devon and […]
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