January 2021 and we here at the Laymen managed to track down and interview the now Deputy Leader of Northumberland Labour Group, Councillor Liz Simpson regarding her green plans for Northumberland’s future.
She explained how for years she has wanted to bring oyster beds back to the County of Northumberland to help slow coastal erosion and improve the area's sea and tidal waters quality.
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Others interested in the ‘rewilding’ field managed to secure funding from charitable sources and began sowing oysters from bases in Blyth and Sunderland marinas during april of this year. Further enhancing Councillor Simpsons belief that Oysters can help with the long term improvements to our shoreline.
This weeks G7 Meeting of the world's richest nations then pointed to rewilding with native oysters in the battle to clean our seas from pollution, hardening in at the highest level the importance to the oceans cleanliness by the reintroduction of both farmed and wild oysters to bring back the balance required to increase food and fish stocks in our seas. with channel 4 News reporting on a small Scottish communities endevours to rewild their area. https://www.channel4.com/news/the-argyll-community-fighting-to-save-a-small-part-of-the-ocean-one-oyster-at-a-time
We here at the Laymen wish to praise Councillor Simpson for her look into the future and know she will stay ahead of the game and keep Labour in Northumberland in a positive position on green issues as time moves on.
