Oyster farm set up on Humber

AQUACULTURE has come to the Humber, once home to Britain’s largest deep sea fishing fleet, in the shape of a new oyster farm. More than 10,000 oysters from a Scottish sea loch are being relocated to mudflats near Spurn Point on the estuary. However, it is likely to be a long time before there is…

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Race to save east coast lobsters

A MAJOR rescue operation is taking place along the Yorkshire coast to save thousands of lobsters washed up on shore in the wake of last weekend\’s storms. Shellfishermen from Bridlington and nearby ports are working against time to collect the young lobsters, place them in water and then return them to the sea. The operation is set…

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