Conservationists may be forced to close down Britain's richest cockle beds to fishermen, days after lifting a four-year ban imposed because the clamour for the shellfish had stripped it bare.

A historic cockle fishery operating out of Leigh has earned recognition for its sustainable fishing practices ahead of the season's opening. The Thames Estuary Cockle Fishery, with ports in Leigh, ...

Cockle fishing could be set to return to the Solway. The marine directorate of the Scottish Government is considering a proposal for a scientific trial using fishing boats. Cockle fishing on the ...

More than 500 tonnes of cockles are set to be harvested from a Wirral beach. Crews of up to 100 fishermen - many of them on quadbikes - have been working on the sands at Leasowe since the cockle beds ...

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Cockle fishing is under way on the Dee Estuary for the first time in three years, under a controversial new licensing system. Whereas up to 400 fishermen took to the cockle beds in recent years, the ...

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 ...

Cockle fishing on the Dee Estuary in north east Wales has been stopped just a week after it resumed following a 12 month ban. The river beds were closed by Flintshire County Council after cockles from ...

The NWIFCA closed the cockle beds to "protect public safety" A Lancashire fisherman says the closure of the Ribble estuary cockle beds has made his job more dangerous. The cockle beds at Foulnaze Bank ...

Cockle fishing is under way on the Dee Estuary for the first time in three years, under a controversial new licensing system. Whereas up to 400 fishermen took to the cockle beds in recent years, the ...