An environmental watchdog has welcomed moves to protect the food source of important bird populations on the Firth of Forth. The Scottish Executive has granted a Special Nature Conservation Order ...

Fury has erupted among fishermen in the Norfolk town after conservationists raised fears cockles had been over-fished and stocks had become dangerously low. Fishermen have now been banned from fishing ...

Cocklers have been banned from the Dee estuary in Flintshire after a “serious drop” in cockle stocks, say Natural Resources Wales. Over-cropping last year and illegal cockle picking as well as natural ...

Cockle women dressed in flannel gowns with their donkeys and wicker baskets were once a familiar sight along parts of the south Wales coast. At its height in the19th Century, hundreds of women could ...