THE ban on cockle picking in Morecambe Bay is being extended into 2006.
The cockle beds were closed off in April this year to allow time for the dwindling cockle stocks to recover.
And this week the North Western and North Wales Sea Fisheries Committee said the ban must stay because stocks in the Bay are still too low.
The ban is being enforced through regular patrols by the committee's fishery officers.
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