Fishermen have described how their catches dried up ‘overnight’ and their businesses taken to the brink of collapse, after thousands of dead crabs and lobsters were washed up on beaches along the North East of England.
An investigation is under way by the Environment Agency after dead shellfish – in some cases waist deep – began appearing along the Teesside coast between Marske and Saltburn, North Yorkshire, in Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, and Seaham, last autumn.
It is understood that lab analysis will test the water for pollution while also analysing the dead marine life for parasites and disease.
Now, fishing boat owners have described how the discovery of the dead sea creatures has ‘absolutely decimated’ their businesses.
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