Meridian Oysters

Local residents held placards as a planning official was shown the rows of metal trestles on the beach in Kent at low tide.

The hatchery, the first in the UK, is rearing millions of oysters that will be released into the Solent once they're fully grown.

The Whitstable Oyster Company is calling for compensation after a post-Brexit ban on the export of shellfish direct from most British waters.