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Anger over fish stocks as Senegal village mourns boat disaster dead
Grieving relatives and friends of people who died in Cape Verde boat disaster say more will leave unless conditions improve.
Hundreds of motorised canoes decorated with swirls of green, red and blue line the beach of Fass Boye, a small fishing village in northern Senegal. The handpainted boats, known as pirogues, used to return to shore brimming with fish, residents say. But as fish populations began to ebb over the last decade, the boats assumed a new role. Instead of carrying fishers out to sea, now they take them to Spain's Canary Islands in search of economic opportunities.
On 16 August, one such boat that had departed from Fass Boye with 101 people onboard was found drifting off the coast of Cape Verde. It held only 38 survivors.
Fass Boye residents and environmental groups blame the Senegalese government for doling out fishing permits to industrial trawlers from Asia and Europe, which they say are responsible for the decline in fish stocks.
Fass Boye, Senegal. August 22, 2023.
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Anger over fish stocks as Senegal village mourns boat disaster dead
Grieving relatives and friends of people who died in Cape Verde boat disaster say more will leave unless conditions improve.
Hundreds of motorised canoes decorated with swirls of green, red and blue line the beach of Fass Boye, a small fishing village in northern Senegal. The handpainted boats, known as pirogues, used to return to shore brimming with fish, residents say. But as fish populations began to ebb over the last decade, the boats assumed a new role. Instead of carrying fishers out to sea, now they take them to Spain's Canary Islands in search of economic opportunities.
On 16 August, one such boat that had departed from Fass Boye with 101 people onboard was found drifting off the coast of Cape Verde. It held only 38 survivors.
Fass Boye residents and environmental groups blame the Senegalese government for doling out fishing permits to industrial trawlers from Asia and Europe, which they say are responsible for the decline in fish stocks.
Fass Boye, Senegal. August 22, 2023.
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Anger over fish stocks as Senegal village mourns boat disaster dead
Grieving relatives and friends of people who died in Cape Verde boat disaster say more will leave unless conditions improve.
Hundreds of motorised canoes decorated with swirls of green, red and blue line the beach of Fass Boye, a small fishing village in northern Senegal. The handpainted boats, known as pirogues, used to return to shore brimming with fish, residents say. But as fish populations began to ebb over the last decade, the boats assumed a new role. Instead of carrying fishers out to sea, now they take them to Spain's Canary Islands in search of economic opportunities.
On 16 August, one such boat that had departed from Fass Boye with 101 people onboard was found drifting off the coast of Cape Verde. It held only 38 survivors.
Fass Boye residents and environmental groups blame the Senegalese government for doling out fishing permits to industrial trawlers from Asia and Europe, which they say are responsible for the decline in fish stocks.
Fass Boye, Senegal. August 22, 2023.
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Anger over fish stocks as Senegal village mourns boat disaster dead
Grieving relatives and friends of people who died in Cape Verde boat disaster say more will leave unless conditions improve.
Hundreds of motorised canoes decorated with swirls of green, red and blue line the beach of Fass Boye, a small fishing village in northern Senegal. The handpainted boats, known as pirogues, used to return to shore brimming with fish, residents say. But as fish populations began to ebb over the last decade, the boats assumed a new role. Instead of carrying fishers out to sea, now they take them to Spain's Canary Islands in search of economic opportunities.
On 16 August, one such boat that had departed from Fass Boye with 101 people onboard was found drifting off the coast of Cape Verde. It held only 38 survivors.
Fass Boye residents and environmental groups blame the Senegalese government for doling out fishing permits to industrial trawlers from Asia and Europe, which they say are responsible for the decline in fish stocks.
Fass Boye, Senegal. August 22, 2023.
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Anger over fish stocks as Senegal village mourns boat disaster dead
Grieving relatives and friends of people who died in Cape Verde boat disaster say more will leave unless conditions improve.
Hundreds of motorised canoes decorated with swirls of green, red and blue line the beach of Fass Boye, a small fishing village in northern Senegal. The handpainted boats, known as pirogues, used to return to shore brimming with fish, residents say. But as fish populations began to ebb over the last decade, the boats assumed a new role. Instead of carrying fishers out to sea, now they take them to Spain's Canary Islands in search of economic opportunities.
On 16 August, one such boat that had departed from Fass Boye with 101 people onboard was found drifting off the coast of Cape Verde. It held only 38 survivors.
Fass Boye residents and environmental groups blame the Senegalese government for doling out fishing permits to industrial trawlers from Asia and Europe, which they say are responsible for the decline in fish stocks.
Fass Boye, Senegal. August 22, 2023.
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'You're looking to die': the Brazil river where illegal fishing threatens lives
Poaching of endangered species flourishes despite widespread outcry - but sustainable fishing could end the violence engulfing the trade.
Jose Maria Batista Damasceno weeps as he describes his decades dodging death in the Brazilian Amazon.
There was the time, along the Japura River, that an illegal fisherman threatened to butcher him if he didn’t get out of town. "You’d better leave or we’ll harpoon you," Damasceno remembers being told.
A few years later he narrowly escaped being ambushed and murdered in another remote corner of the rainforest - just as Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips were last year.
Damasceno isn't an Indigenous activist or journalist, like Pereira and Phillips, whose killings exposed the environmental battle raging deep in South America's rainforests.
He is a fishing engineer who has dedicated his life to convincing small riverside communities that sustainable fishing programs will benefit them more than the quick, short-term profits offered by the illegal fishing mafias.
Jose Maria Batista Damasceno, fisheries engineer in charge of the Pirarucu fish management project in the Sa?o Rafael community, the last stop of indigenist Bruno Pereira and English journalist Dom Phillips, before they were ambushed and murdered in a deserted stretch of the Itaguai? River.
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'You're looking to die': the Brazil river where illegal fishing threatens lives
Poaching of endangered species flourishes despite widespread outcry - but sustainable fishing could end the violence engulfing the trade.
Jose Maria Batista Damasceno weeps as he describes his decades dodging death in the Brazilian Amazon.
There was the time, along the Japura River, that an illegal fisherman threatened to butcher him if he didn’t get out of town. "You’d better leave or we’ll harpoon you," Damasceno remembers being told.
A few years later he narrowly escaped being ambushed and murdered in another remote corner of the rainforest - just as Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips were last year.
Damasceno isn't an Indigenous activist or journalist, like Pereira and Phillips, whose killings exposed the environmental battle raging deep in South America's rainforests.
He is a fishing engineer who has dedicated his life to convincing small riverside communities that sustainable fishing programs will benefit them more than the quick, short-term profits offered by the illegal fishing mafias.
View of the port of Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas state, Brazil.
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'You're looking to die': the Brazil river where illegal fishing threatens lives
Poaching of endangered species flourishes despite widespread outcry - but sustainable fishing could end the violence engulfing the trade.
Jose Maria Batista Damasceno weeps as he describes his decades dodging death in the Brazilian Amazon.
There was the time, along the Japura River, that an illegal fisherman threatened to butcher him if he didn’t get out of town. "You’d better leave or we’ll harpoon you," Damasceno remembers being told.
A few years later he narrowly escaped being ambushed and murdered in another remote corner of the rainforest - just as Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips were last year.
Damasceno isn't an Indigenous activist or journalist, like Pereira and Phillips, whose killings exposed the environmental battle raging deep in South America's rainforests.
He is a fishing engineer who has dedicated his life to convincing small riverside communities that sustainable fishing programs will benefit them more than the quick, short-term profits offered by the illegal fishing mafias.
View of the port of Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas state, Brazil.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Swallowfield Fishing Club who fish on the Blackwater in Berkshire. Chatting with club member Martin Moore (centre) are Stuard Singleton-White (l) and Martin Salter (r) of the Angling Trust.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Swallowfield Fishing Club who fish on the Blackwater in Berkshire. From the Angling Trust (LtoR) Stuart Singleton-White, Kris Kent and Martin Salter.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Swallowfield Fishing Club who fish on the Blackwater in Berkshire. This picture shows Russ Hatchet a member of the club.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Swallowfield Fishing Club who fish on the Blackwater in Berkshire. This picture shows Russ Hatchet a member of the club with the water analysis kit.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Swallowfield Fishing Club who fish on the Blackwater in Berkshire. This picture shows Russ Hatchet a member of the club wading through the water.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Swallowfield Fishing Club who fish on the Blackwater in Berkshire. This picture shows Russ Hatchet a member of the club doing a bank side water analysis.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Swallowfield Fishing Club who fish on the Blackwater in Berkshire. This picture shows Russ Hatchet a member of the club doing a bank side water analysis.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Swallowfield Fishing Club who fish on the Blackwater in Berkshire, and this pic shows Kris Kent of the Trust talking with angler Russ Hatchet.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Swallowfield Fishing Club who fish on the Blackwater in Berkshire. This picture shows Russ Hatchet a member of the club doing a bank side water analysis.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Swallowfield Fishing Club who fish on the Blackwater in Berkshire, and this pic shows Kris Kent of the Trust talking with angler Russ Hatchet.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Swallowfield Fishing Club who fish on the Blackwater in Berkshire. This picture shows Russ Hatchet a member of the club doing a bank side water analysis.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Swallowfield Fishing Club who fish on the Blackwater in Berkshire. This picture shows Russ Hatchet a member of the club collecting a water sample for testing.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Swallowfield Fishing Club who fish on the Blackwater in Berkshire. This picture shows Russ Hatchet a member of the club preparing the water analysis kit.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Twyford & District Fishing Club who fish on the Loddon in Berkshire.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Twyford & District Fishing Club who fish on the Loddon in Berkshire.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Twyford & District Fishing Club who fish on the Loddon in Berkshire. This pic shows club member Richard Maude collecting a water sample.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Twyford & District Fishing Club who fish on the Loddon in Berkshire. This pic shows club member Richard Maude collecting a water sample.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Twyford & District Fishing Club who fish on the Loddon in Berkshire. This pic shows club member Richard Maude with the phosphate monitor.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Twyford & District Fishing Club who fish on the Loddon in Berkshire. This pic shows club member Richard Maude testing a water sample for nitrates.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Twyford & District Fishing Club who fish on the Loddon in Berkshire. This pic shows club member Richard Maude performing a ‘conductivity test’ on a water sample.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Twyford & District Fishing Club who fish on the Loddon in Berkshire. This pic shows club member Richard Maude collecting a water sample.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Twyford & District Fishing Club who fish on the Loddon in Berkshire. This pic shows club member Richard Maude collecting a water sample for analysis.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Twyford & District Fishing Club who fish on the Loddon in Berkshire. This pic shows club member Richard Maude collecting a water sample for analysis watched by Kris Kent from the Trust.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Twyford & District Fishing Club who fish on the Loddon in Berkshire. This pic shows club member Richard Maude performing a phosphate test on a sample of river water.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Twyford & District Fishing Club who fish on the Loddon in Berkshire. This pic shows club member Richard Maude collecting a water sample for analysis.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Swallowfield Fishing Club who fish on the Blackwater in Berkshire.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Swallowfield Fishing Club who fish on the Blackwater in Berkshire.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Swallowfield Fishing Club who fish on the Blackwater in Berkshire.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Swallowfield Fishing Club who fish on the Blackwater in Berkshire.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Twyford & District Fishing Club who fish on the Loddon in Berkshire.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Twyford & District Fishing Club who fish on the Loddon in Berkshire.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Twyford & District Fishing Club who fish on the Loddon in Berkshire.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Twyford & District Fishing Club who fish on the Loddon in Berkshire.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Twyford & District Fishing Club who fish on the Loddon in Berkshire.
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'We are not going away': the volunteers fighting back against England's polluted rivers.
Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies.
When the Guardian went to visit some Angling Trust members at their clubs around Reading, there was palpable anger in the air.
This is because water companies have been spewing waste into many of these stretches, destroying the hard work, money, and hours of time anglers put in to keeping the rivers healthy. Now, they are fighting back with determined fishers all over the country testing their stretches of river for pollution using kits supplied by the Angling Trust.
150 volunteers have so far signed up to the sampling scheme in England, covering 50 rivers across 18 catchments, and more clubs are signing up every day.
The Angling Trust is using volunteers from regional fishing clubs to conduct regular tests of river water to better understand what could be polluting the water and the origins of the pollutants. This week the organisation has been working with Twyford & District Fishing Club who fish on the Loddon in Berkshire.
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'We just want the truth': British coastal towns fight for answers over mystery sealife deaths
Question mark over freeport in Tees Valley after ecological disaster puts communities in the north east of England at loggerheads with the government.
The mystery of what caused the deaths has thrust small coastal communities in the north-east of England, into the centre of a national political drama.
The Environment Agency, part of Defra, promised to investigate, pledging to send samples of water, sediment and crab for analysis, which they said would examine the theory that pollution was to blame. Then in February this year, the official answer came. Concerns that dredging work in September had disturbed toxic sediment in the River Tees were dismissed because there was "no evidence of a link" between that and the die-offs, Defra's report said. Instead, it concluded, the most likely factor was a "naturally occurring harmful algal bloom".
Lobster Pots in the seaside port town of Hartlepool in County Durham. local fisherman and the community have suffered in the past year with large numbers deaths of crabs and lobsters which have been washed up all along the North East and North Yorkshire coastline. Fishing crews have noticed sparse catches and massive decline in their catches which have been “catastrophic” to their livelihoods. A recent investigation by the Environment Agency has identified a harmful algal bloom being of significance however local fisherman dispute this and suspect that licensed dredging and chemical contamination related to offshore windfarms are to blame.
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'We just want the truth': British coastal towns fight for answers over mystery sealife deaths
Question mark over freeport in Tees Valley after ecological disaster puts communities in the north east of England at loggerheads with the government.
The mystery of what caused the deaths has thrust small coastal communities in the north-east of England, into the centre of a national political drama.
The Environment Agency, part of Defra, promised to investigate, pledging to send samples of water, sediment and crab for analysis, which they said would examine the theory that pollution was to blame. Then in February this year, the official answer came. Concerns that dredging work in September had disturbed toxic sediment in the River Tees were dismissed because there was "no evidence of a link" between that and the die-offs, Defra's report said. Instead, it concluded, the most likely factor was a "naturally occurring harmful algal bloom".
Local Fisherman Stan Rennie ,61, in the seaside port town of Hartlepool in County Durham. local fisherman and the community have suffered in the past year with large numbers deaths of crabs and lobsters which have been washed up all along the North East and North Yorkshire coastline. Fishing crews have noticed sparse catches and massive decline in their catches which have been “catastrophic” to their livelihoods. A recent investigation by the Environment Agency has identified a harmful algal bloom being of significance however local fisherman dispute this and suspect that licensed dredging and chemical contamination related to offshore windfarms are to blame.
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'We just want the truth': British coastal towns fight for answers over mystery sealife deaths
Question mark over freeport in Tees Valley after ecological disaster puts communities in the north east of England at loggerheads with the government.
The mystery of what caused the deaths has thrust small coastal communities in the north-east of England, into the centre of a national political drama.
The Environment Agency, part of Defra, promised to investigate, pledging to send samples of water, sediment and crab for analysis, which they said would examine the theory that pollution was to blame. Then in February this year, the official answer came. Concerns that dredging work in September had disturbed toxic sediment in the River Tees were dismissed because there was "no evidence of a link" between that and the die-offs, Defra's report said. Instead, it concluded, the most likely factor was a "naturally occurring harmful algal bloom".
Local Fisherman Stan Rennie ,61,on his boat in the seaside port town of Hartlepool in County Durham. local fisherman and the community have suffered in the past year with large numbers deaths of crabs and lobsters which have been washed up all along the North East and North Yorkshire coastline. Fishing crews have noticed sparse catches and massive decline in their catches which have been “catastrophic” to their livelihoods. A recent investigation by the Environment Agency has identified a harmful algal bloom being of significance however local fisherman dispute this and suspect that licensed dredging and chemical contamination related to offshore windfarms are to blame.
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'We just want the truth': British coastal towns fight for answers over mystery sealife deaths
Question mark over freeport in Tees Valley after ecological disaster puts communities in the north east of England at loggerheads with the government.
The mystery of what caused the deaths has thrust small coastal communities in the north-east of England, into the centre of a national political drama.
The Environment Agency, part of Defra, promised to investigate, pledging to send samples of water, sediment and crab for analysis, which they said would examine the theory that pollution was to blame. Then in February this year, the official answer came. Concerns that dredging work in September had disturbed toxic sediment in the River Tees were dismissed because there was "no evidence of a link" between that and the die-offs, Defra's report said. Instead, it concluded, the most likely factor was a "naturally occurring harmful algal bloom".
Local Fisherman Stan Rennie ,61 on his boat in the seaside port town of Hartlepool in County Durham. local fisherman and the community have suffered in the past year with large numbers deaths of crabs and lobsters which have been washed up all along the North East and North Yorkshire coastline. Fishing crews have noticed sparse catches and massive decline in their catches which have been “catastrophic” to their livelihoods. A recent investigation by the Environment Agency has identified a harmful algal bloom being of significance however local fisherman dispute this and suspect that licensed dredging and chemical contamination related to offshore windfarms are to blame.
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'We just want the truth': British coastal towns fight for answers over mystery sealife deaths
Question mark over freeport in Tees Valley after ecological disaster puts communities in the north east of England at loggerheads with the government.
The mystery of what caused the deaths has thrust small coastal communities in the north-east of England, into the centre of a national political drama.
The Environment Agency, part of Defra, promised to investigate, pledging to send samples of water, sediment and crab for analysis, which they said would examine the theory that pollution was to blame. Then in February this year, the official answer came. Concerns that dredging work in September had disturbed toxic sediment in the River Tees were dismissed because there was "no evidence of a link" between that and the die-offs, Defra's report said. Instead, it concluded, the most likely factor was a "naturally occurring harmful algal bloom".
Local Fisherman Stan Rennie ,61, in his fishing boat in the seaside port town of Hartlepool in County Durham. local fisherman and the community have suffered in the past year with large numbers deaths of crabs and lobsters which have been washed up all along the North East and North Yorkshire coastline. Fishing crews have noticed sparse catches and massive decline in their catches which have been “catastrophic” to their livelihoods. A recent investigation by the Environment Agency has identified a harmful algal bloom being of significance however local fisherman dispute this and suspect that licensed dredging and chemical contamination related to offshore windfarms are to blame.
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'We just want the truth': British coastal towns fight for answers over mystery sealife deaths
Question mark over freeport in Tees Valley after ecological disaster puts communities in the north east of England at loggerheads with the government.
The mystery of what caused the deaths has thrust small coastal communities in the north-east of England, into the centre of a national political drama.
The Environment Agency, part of Defra, promised to investigate, pledging to send samples of water, sediment and crab for analysis, which they said would examine the theory that pollution was to blame. Then in February this year, the official answer came. Concerns that dredging work in September had disturbed toxic sediment in the River Tees were dismissed because there was "no evidence of a link" between that and the die-offs, Defra's report said. Instead, it concluded, the most likely factor was a "naturally occurring harmful algal bloom".
Local Fisherman Stan Rennie ,61, on his boat in the seaside port town of Hartlepool in County Durham. local fisherman and the community have suffered in the past year with large numbers deaths of crabs and lobsters which have been washed up all along the North East and North Yorkshire coastline. Fishing crews have noticed sparse catches and massive decline in their catches which have been “catastrophic” to their livelihoods. A recent investigation by the Environment Agency has identified a harmful algal bloom being of significance however local fisherman dispute this and suspect that licensed dredging and chemical contamination related to offshore windfarms are to blame.
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'We just want the truth': British coastal towns fight for answers over mystery sealife deaths
Question mark over freeport in Tees Valley after ecological disaster puts communities in the north east of England at loggerheads with the government.
The mystery of what caused the deaths has thrust small coastal communities in the north-east of England, into the centre of a national political drama.
The Environment Agency, part of Defra, promised to investigate, pledging to send samples of water, sediment and crab for analysis, which they said would examine the theory that pollution was to blame. Then in February this year, the official answer came. Concerns that dredging work in September had disturbed toxic sediment in the River Tees were dismissed because there was "no evidence of a link" between that and the die-offs, Defra's report said. Instead, it concluded, the most likely factor was a "naturally occurring harmful algal bloom".
Fishing boats at the Hartlepool Boatman Association Moorings in the seaside port town of Hartlepool in County Durham. local fisherman and the community have suffered in the past year with large numbers deaths of crabs and lobsters which have been washed up all along the North East and North Yorkshire coastline. Fishing crews have noticed sparse catches and massive decline in their catches which have been “catastrophic” to their livelihoods. A recent investigation by the Environment Agency has identified a harmful algal bloom being of significance however local fisherman dispute this and suspect that licensed dredging and chemical contamination related to offshore windfarms are to blame.
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