'My heart is broken': death of marine life is devastating England's fishing industry

Unprecedented levels of crabs, lobsters, coral and sea birds are dying on north-east coast"It's the whole ecosystem - just gone in that area," said James Cole. The eighth or ninth generation of Whitby fishers in his family, Cole has never seen anything like the death and decimation of marine life that has plagued the waters since autumn, from coral, crabs, seals and sea birds.He has witnessed "nothing on that scale or that magnitude to cause that type of damage." Continue reading...