Following the mass deaths of shellfish , an urgent review of dredging in the River Tees is needed, a cross-party parliamentary committee said.
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee also called for more research into the die-offs in 2021.
The MPs want an expert panel to examine conflicting theories about the cause of the deaths and a fund set up to help fishers whose catches have reduced.
Sir Robert Goodwill, chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, has now written to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Thérèse Coffey with the committee’s interim findings.
In the letter , he called for:
Sir Robert made clear he was not calling for an end to maintenance dredging.