Cockling has been suspended from the Flounaze fishery in Ribbleton because of a serious health risk.

The Sea Fisheries had been warned about a potential tragedy on Warton Sands four months before the cockling disaster occurred, it was claimed today.

A plan to police the Ribble estuary cockle beds is put forward to the fishing authority.

CHILDREN as young as 14 who are risking their lives cockling have been warned they are "another Morecambe Bay waiting to happen".

Coastguards on the Solway have warned that deaths off the coast are "almost certain" if illegal cockling continues. Sector officer Tony Wood said that if gangs continued to go out at night in the ...

Cockling in the Ribble Estuary has been allowed from today for the first time since November. The bed between Lytham and Southport was closed after the coastguard were called out twenty six times ...

Legal cockling on the Solway Firth could be set to return A regulating order has been tabled which could lead to the lifting of the long-standing ban on cockling on the Solway Firth in south west ...

Which organisation oversees the cockling industry and how is cockling regulated in the UK? There are 12 Sea Fisheries Committees (SFCs) in England and Wales. These are management bodies which ...

The 22 Chinese cocklers killed the Morecambe Bay tragedy, 20 years ago. Lancashire Police/PA images We now have the , which experts have said of modern slavery. This is because the act places a ...

Eva Zhao lived the good life from the proceeds of her boyfriend's illegal cockling gangs. The 21-year-old was essential to Lin Liang Ren's criminal work. She helped him apply for permits and was a ...

Fylde council met the North West Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) on Monday to discuss cockling. Proposals include reducing the number of permits and daily catch quotas. The ...

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 ...