RECYCLING THE RIVER TEES
IT'S A CRAB CATASTROPHE!
There is bad news! 10 quadrillion crabs are all together on the sand - DEAD! They were found by a man walking his dog. The dog barked. He could smell the dead crabs. The dog bit the crabs but it didn't taste like dog food. Woof! Woof! Yowl! The dog was sick.
IT'S A CRAB WAVE!
Crabs mysteriously found dead on Redcar beach. Yesterday people were shocked because crabs are dying. The crabs died because people are putting
I have BREAKING NEWS about a disaster at Redcar beach. There are 10293210 dead crabs. A man found them while he was walking on the shore. By Jana F
IT'S A CRAB CATASTROPHE! I am reporting a disaster at Redcar beach. People say there are 100000000 dead crabs.
By Levii
We have news about a crisis. This crustacean crisis happened at the shoreline. Millions of crabs are falling dead like soldiers dying. This has made things bad for the fshermen. This is the worst thing that has happened at
By Ellis
BREAKING NEWS - I'm reporting that tons of crabs are dying. They're all on the shoreline. Where crabs live it's a terrible disaster. People are really sorry for the crabs.
By Mark
BREAKING NEWS!
There is a mysterious event on Redcar beach. It's a crab catastrophe. Millions of crabs are dying on the shore line. Our crustacean friends are going through a traumatic experience - dying. No-one knows why this happened. If you know anything report it to us.
By Max
BREAKING NEWS!
At Redcar Beach a reporter spoke to someone. "I was with my daughter and we found so many dead crabs." There are lots of dead crabs on the beach. Where did they come from? People say they died painfully. Many more people said they didn't think that would happen by natural things.
By Charlie
By Mark
River Tees
THE COMPLEX CRUSTACEANS!
This news may afect your child, so beware. One evening the beach was knee-high flled with perished crabs.
By Talina
EDITOR'S NOTE
In October 2021 thousands of dead and dying crabs and lobsters were washed up on the Tees estuary and beaches along the North-East coast of England. A 95% decline in the lobster and crab catch was noticed by those employed in the local fshing industry.
Various studies were conducted to try and ascertain the cause of this mass death of crustaceans with government enquiries unable to reach a conclusion. However, those working in the fshing industry and independent scientists, claimed the deaths were caused by pyridine poisoning, an efect of dredging in the River Tees by the South Tees Development Corporation, causing toxic substances in the estuary mud bed to be disturbed.
Further occurrences of mass crustacean deaths happened in February and September 2022. In early October 2022, hundreds of protestors linked arms across Saltburn beach. They were part of the campaign group Reclaim the Seas, who wanted the dredging of the Tees Estuary to stop. Local fshermen believed they were experiencing an "extinction episode".
