April 26, 2012 – A group of fishermen are seeking a meeting with the government to try to get scallop dredging banned off the East Yorkshire coast.
They claim scallop boats operating off Holderness have caused £100,000 worth of damage to their fishing gear in recent weeks.
Scallop fishing uses large metal dredges which rake the seabed to lift the shellfish.
The industry's association said it investigated incidents of gear damage.
Mike Cohen, chief executive of the Holderness Coast Fishing Industry Group which represents local fishermen, said: "The activities of scallop dredging are very damaging to the seabed and the local fishery is dependent on crabs and lobsters, which are associated with particular kinds of seabed habitat.
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