cockling

The entrance to Parsons Pickles at Burry Port, with a branded lorry parked outside the stone-fronted Ashburnham Works and palisade gates open onto the yard.
Industry

BURRY PORT: Historic cockle factory ‘mothballed’ following ‘most challenging season in living memory’

Eight people have lost their jobs at Parsons Pickles, the Burry Port shellfish firm that has been part of the…

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Kit Peters
cockling

Illegal cockler caught after escape by 4×4

A Swansea man has been ordered to pay almost £1,000 after failing to stop when requested while gathering cockles without…

Burry Inlet

Cleaner water linked with smaller cockles that die younger, research on Burry Inlet reveals

Better water quality in Wales’ most famous cockle area is linked with smaller cockles that have a higher mortality rate,…