EU rules on some types of shellfish leave UK fishermen 'devastated'

Regulations for the specialist live bivalve molluscs' market have hit exports from Britain post-Brexit

Fishermen around the UK have been devastated" by fresh problems with exporting their produce to the EU, after the government admitted that exports of live mussels, oysters, scallops and certain other shellfish would be subject to ongoing restrictions.

Those are all classified as live bivalve molluscs' - a category which also includes cockles and clams. Under longstanding EU rules catches of live bivalve molluscs from non-EU member states can only be imported without treatment if they come from waters deemed of the highest quality. Vessels from non-EU states also cannot land live bivalve molluscs in EU ports.