Petition · past parliament · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Urgent inquiry into Teesside dredging and mass crab deaths

Closed 37 signatures

What the petition asks

The Government should set up an independent inquiry into the possible link between marine fatalities in the sea and the development and dredging of Teesside Freeport.
The Government should ban development and dredging of Teesside Freeport in the meantime. A study shows the presence of pyridine in dead crabs at fatal levels which could have been released by dredging.

Timeline

19 May 2023 Petition opened for signatures
19 Nov 2023 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 37
Status Closed
Department Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened 19 May 2023
Closed 19 Nov 2023

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.