Wednesday,
April 03, 2013
By Danny
Longhorn
A TEAM of 25
fishermen has come to the rescue of about 450 lobsters washed up on an east
coast beach.
Thousands of
shellfish, fish and even a porpoise were found washed up along a one-mile
stretch between Barmston and Fraisthorpe – the majority of which had starved to
death.
RSPB
volunteers have also picked up 200 dead puffins in the last ten days and now
fear the population could have decreased by 10 per cent.
Jo Ackes,
secretary at the Independent Shell Fishermens' Cooperative in Bridlington, said
more than 25 fishermen tried to save as many of the shellfish as possible.
She said:
"It was carnage on the beach with thousands of different animals.
"There
was everything from a variety of fish and crabs, lobsters and even seabirds and
a porpoise.
"We tried
to save as many as possible and take them to our tanks. It was mainly some of
the lobsters that had survived as they are a bit stronger.
"The
reason (for them being there) was a combination of factors with the sea being
unseasonably cold and the lobsters being quite lethargic and not getting enough
food. They have also been battered by the easterly winds and huge tides."
In the end,
about 450 lobsters were released off the coast yesterday morning about six
miles out to sea.
Jo said:
"It is difficult to say what impact it will have.
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