Ribble cockle beds reopening after weather delay
The cockle beds in the Ribble estuary have been reopened after a delay of two days due to windy weather.
The beds at Foulnaze Bank closed in November following 26 coastguard rescues of ill-equipped and unlicensed boats during two months of cockling.
The North West Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority had said cockling could resume from 1-4 October and again from 15-18 October.
Cockling resumed for a short time in August under tighter regulations.