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Originally Posted by ben
Mr X.
In relation to the cockles- I did see the article. What I would however say is that these shellfish beds are routinely closed to collecting because of disease or quotas. These estuary cockle beds are quite distinct marine environments and are well away from the aggregate zones which are actually quite a way offshore. Local sewage pollution is a far more credible explanation for the boom and bust populations of cockles.
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The Loughor estuary has been cleaned up (in terms of sewage) immensely over the last 15 years. About 4 years ago that the cocklers were suggesting that the sewage should be treated less because they thought not enough nutrients were going in! (don't laugh - in at least one country rivers have been cleaned up so much that this is a reality, not here though)
I don't think sewage is the answer here.
But I do completely agree it's nothing to do with dredging.
