Cockle Pickers Work At Morecambe Bay

MORECAMBE, UNITED KINGDOM - FEBRUARY 05: Polish cockle pickers search the treachorous sands of Morecambe Bay for the sought after shellfish at Hest Bank on February 5, 2008, in Morecambe, England. The dangerous sands of the bay claimed the lives of 21 Chinese cockle pickers four years ago on the night of February 5/6, 2004, when they got cut off by the fast moving tide. Since the disaster new licensing laws cover the tidal sands and the initiation of the Gangmaster Licensing Authority. The lucrative shellfish can earn between GBP 20-100 per bag for the pickers and up to four times that amount in the restaurants of Europe. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)