And lobsters were washed up on the north east coastline in 2021. they say wash ups continue today. many of them believe dredging work around teesside s new freeport was to blame. a defra appointed panel said that was unlikely, and it was about as likely as not that a new disease or parasite was the cause. i ve seen the probabilities and the possibilities. i would just like somebody to be able to say, yes, this is what happened, nobody has. they need a solution, because something new is happening in these waters. prawn catches are also down by up to 90%. what s happening at the teesport can only be good for the area, and i have no problem with that whatsoever. what i don t think is that some of us should have to suffer. if that s the case, then we should receive help for it. so they re carrying out their own research. fishermen and scientists working together, looking for answers ....