The Mersey is "cleaner than it ever has been" as people shared their experiences after sharks and rare fish were found in the river.
Decades after the Mersey was declared "biologically dead" from industrial and sewage pollution, the river is now teeming with life. Last year, around 37 different species of fish were caught by anglers and the river was labelled "the best environmental news story in Europe".
Mike Duddy works for the Mersey Rivers Trust, a charity that works to improve the river for both the people and the wildlife who live by it, and he said last year’s catch was nearly two and a half times the number of species found in 2002.
