Escape hatches on lobster pots protect marine life

Comments Off

Fishing equipment is being redesigned to prevent “bycatch” affecting thousands of marine creatures.

June 19, 2026 | News Editor

News

Comments are closed.

For other uses, see API (disambiguation).

Grimsby
Grimsby Dock Tower
Grimsby Grimsby shown within Lincolnshire
Population	87,574
OS grid reference	TA279087
Unitary authority	North East Lincolnshire
Ceremonial county	Lincolnshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GRIMSBY
Postcode district	DN31 - DN34, DN35, DN37
Dialling code	01472
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Great Grimsby

Grimsby (or archaically Great Grimsby) is a seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England. It has been the administrative centre of the unitary authority area of North East Lincolnshire since 1996. According to legend, Grimsby was first founded in the 9th century by Grim, a Danish fisherman.^[1]
Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{Reflist}} template or a <references /> tag (see the help page).

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article:
"Grimsby",
which is released under:
Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Escape hatches on lobster pots protect marine life

grimsby

Escape hatches on lobster pots protect marine life