The leader of North Yorkshire Council says the authority will send representatives to a committee looking into the shellfish die off on the North East Coast.
Redcar and Cleveland Council have launched a working group to look at the impact on local communities and make recommendations for future actions.
Councillor Carl Les says North Yorkshire has been invited to take part and has nominated two Yorkshire Coast Councillors to represent the council.
The next meeting is taking place tomorrow.
Dead Crustaceans Collaborative Working Group was set up to enable the partner Councils to work collaboratively with regards to their response to the mass mortality crustacean event that occurred in late 2021.
It's key aims are stated as
- To consider evidence from various sources, including written reports and presentations from expert witnesses and stakeholders, to better understand:
- The reasons for the event
- The impact it has had on local communities
- The response of key partners
- Recommendations for future actions
- To consider and make recommendations to partner authorities and government agencies, including future meetings of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee or any other investigation into the issue.
The committee's activities and outputs are described as
- Joint lobbying of government on the issue
- Sharing of expertise and knowledge
- Gathering and compiling evidence from stakeholders, eg, the fishing industry
- Submitting evidence to future meetings of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) or any other investigation into the issue.
- Jointly commissioning any agreed further research or evidence gathering, subject to agreement of constituent councils.
This week's meeting will include presentations from the North Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority who have been studying the volume of Shellfish catches over the last year, they say:
"Across all assessed ports (Bridlington, Scarborough, Whitby, Staithes, Redcar and Hartlepool) there have been clear reductions in landings by <10m vessels for edible crabs in 2022 with declines considerably higher for ports North of Bridlington. Lobster landings have been at their
highest for 2022 in Bridlington and Whitby for <10m vessels. For Scarborough lobster landings are broadly in line with 2021 landings. However, landings for lobsters by <10m vessels into Staithes, Redcar and Hartlepool in 2022 are considerably reduced compared to previous years"
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