Comments on: Cockle Beds Closed http://gowen.org/cockle-beds-closed/ hello! Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:02:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.4-bleeding By: Lesley http://gowen.org/cockle-beds-closed/#comment-8904 Lesley Wed, 14 May 2008 18:46:27 +0000 http://gowen.org/cockle-beds-closed/#comment-8904 The following appeared in the Swansea Council bulletin on 12th May: Cockle and mussel beds in the Burry Inlet have reopened after they were temporarily closed after samples proved positive for diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP). Council Logo City and County of Swansea Council Logo Swansea Council had previously issued a Notice of Temporary Closure of Production Areas at Burry Inlet South and Whitford Point for shellfish gathering. The reopening of the beds in Swansea has been confirmed by the Council following negative tests for DSP (diarrhetic shellfish poisoning). Kath Johnston, Swansea Council's Divisional Officer for Food and Safety, said, "We're pleased that we can now reopen the beds allowing gatherers back on site. "We have been asked to sample again next week, so the long term opening of the beds is not guaranteed. " The Three Rivers area in Carmarthenshire remains closed until further notice. The following appeared in the Swansea Council bulletin on 12th May:

Cockle and mussel beds in the Burry Inlet have reopened after they were temporarily closed after samples proved positive for diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP).
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Swansea Council had previously issued a Notice of Temporary Closure of Production Areas at Burry Inlet South and Whitford Point for shellfish gathering.

The reopening of the beds in Swansea has been confirmed by the Council following negative tests for DSP (diarrhetic shellfish poisoning).

Kath Johnston, Swansea Council’s Divisional Officer for Food and Safety, said, “We’re pleased that we can now reopen the beds allowing gatherers back on site.

“We have been asked to sample again next week, so the long term opening of the beds is not guaranteed. ”

The Three Rivers area in Carmarthenshire remains closed until further notice.

]]> By: Lesley http://gowen.org/cockle-beds-closed/#comment-8851 Lesley Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:45:42 +0000 http://gowen.org/cockle-beds-closed/#comment-8851 I was talking to a local licenced cockler this week and asked him if he had been able to receive any help during the previous closure of the beds, which lasted for fourteen months. He told me that he had had no help at all. He was faced with a Hobson's choice: In order to be able to claim unemployment benefit, he would have had to have surrendered his cockler's licence. Had he done so, he would have been unable to replace it. A licenced cockler is deemed to be 'employed', even if the beds have been declared 'closed' due to DSP, whether the diagnosis is correct or not I was talking to a local licenced cockler this week and asked him if he had been able to receive any help during the previous closure of the beds, which lasted for fourteen months.

He told me that he had had no help at all.

He was faced with a Hobson’s choice: In order to be able to claim unemployment benefit, he would have had to have surrendered his cockler’s licence. Had he done so, he would have been unable to replace it.

A licenced cockler is deemed to be ‘employed’, even if the beds have been declared ‘closed’ due to DSP, whether the diagnosis is correct or not

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