Fisherman across Yorkshire have become increasingly worried for their livelihood after mass of dead sea creatures wash up on shorelines.
Robert Harrison, from Filey in North Yorkshire, said he is "scared" fisherman will be forced out a business amid claims there "isn't a living thing" within three miles of the coast.
His fears have come after reports from residents on the North Yorkshire coast after a mass of dead crabs and rotting lobsters littered the coastline between Marske and Saltburn last year, while further piles of crustaceans were spotted in Seaton Carew and Seaham.
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According to Mr Harrison, fishermen believe they have lost up to 40 miles of the coastline, as crabs and lobster have disappeared from the North Yorkshire coast.
They claim there isn't a living thing within three miles of the coast from Teesport to Scarborough.
Robert Harrison said: "Fisherman will be out of business.
"It will be a disaster, there will be no tourists or anything."
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Robert added: "The tourist industry will be knackered this summer.
"No shellfish in the sea, no crabs or lobsters, everything is dead for three miles out.
"Fisherman don't catch much at this time of year but there is hardly any stock left, it's a catastrophe."
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James Cole, 52, leader of The Fisherman Association said: "In October, fisherman in Hartlepool started to see dead lobsters and crabs.
"Then the catch rates started to dwindle, it started in Hartlepool and worked its way south.
"Fishermen had seen other things come ashore dead too, like octopuses and limpets which had come off the rocks, it would take a nuclear disaster for them to come off the rocks."
James also claims to have spoke to a fisherman from Hartlepool, who is in his 20s. He had been living off £100 wages for the last two months after his fishing business was ruined from the lack of sea creatures to fish.
He added: "He said he was suicidal, he phoned me up crying saying my life and my job are ruined.
"I never slept thinking about him, how this is ruining his job."
