Lobster crowdfunding campaign: all in a good claws

By Jenny Hjul | September 9, 2019

THE National Lobster Hatchery (NLH) in Padstow, Cornwall, has launched a crowdfunding campaign to support marine conservation and the future of our fisheries. The ‘Releasing Larry’ campaign (www.crowdfunder.co.uk/releasinglarry) aims to raise the funds required to release thousands of one- to three-year-old lobsters around the coast of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Over the last…

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Project unlocks lobster rearing potential

By Jenny Hjul | May 21, 2019

A PIONEERING project rearing lobsters in new sea based systems has shown great potential, say the partners involved. Led by the National Lobster Hatchery (NLH) in Padstow, Cornwall, the three-year initiative – named Lobster Grower 2 (LG2) – used sea based container culture systems, which required no feed inputs. More than 26,000 lobsters were deployed…

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