Two articles looking to improve our understanding of lugworm ecology and explain bait digging rules 

Lugworms and citizen science and Bait digging and the law – the facts

The Angling Trust has produced a new factsheet to help sea anglers and clubs understand more about bait digging and the law when anglers digging their own bait face bans or restrictions on where and when they can dig. The factsheet is publicly available and can be downloaded from the Angling Trust website HERE.

Citizen scientists needed: You can help shed light on the sex-life of lugworms

We are asking the public to keep an eye out for signs of passion in the lugworm population this Autumn! Lugworms (Arenicola marina) spend most of their lives in muddy or sandy places, burrowed deep in the sediment. They don’t have much chance of meeting a partner, so the male of the species releases sperm which collects in ‘puddles’ on the surface of the sand. When the tide comes in, the sperm is washed down into the burrows of the females and fertilises their eggs. Click here to find out more.