The cockles are gathered by the simple process.
The group of 16 Chinese men are believed to have been heading to Morecambe Bay to pick cockles.
Using a teaspoon, remove the cockles from the shell and set aside.
This increase was attributable to the deaths of 21 migrant workers who drowned while harvesting cockles at Morecambe Bay in February this year.
My sense of place found a plate of large juicy sweet cockles on a bed of crisp green samphire before me.