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The National Lobster Hatchery

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Overseen by a panel of experts comprising our Scientific Committee, the National Lobster Hatchery’s Researchers undertake an extensive program of novel research. Recent research has fallen under three priority pathways: Technological and production developments; Assessing stock enhancement impacts; Global environmental issues.

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🦞 Raising & releasing baby lobsters to help conserve fragile stocks. Marine Conservation Research & Education Charity 🦞

🦞****FIRST RELEASE OF 2022!****🦞 This week

🦞****FIRST RELEASE OF 2022!****🦞

This week some of our Hatchery team, Chris, Caitlin, Emma and Theo all headed out together to release our first lobsters of 2021!

450 little ones were set off into the sea near Trevone! Good luck babies!

Also, this means if you adopted a lobster before Novemeber, it has now been updated on our track your lobster page on our website, so you can see when and where your lobster was released!

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Eeeee! We are really pleased that the fantastic @p

Eeeee! We are really pleased that the fantastic @purplegeckoevents will be running a Lobster Lollop 2.0 this year!! 🏃

This will be an awesome no pressure run to help raise money for our little lobsters! You'll have the chance to enjoy a run along the camel trail, get an BEAUTIFUL Lobster Lollop medal AND you'll get to meet our baby lobsters too! 🦞

There will be the option of a 2.5k, 5k. 10k and a 10 miler - With Cani-cross options too! 🦮

There are a limited number of spots available, so best reserve your spot ASAP! Link in the Bio!!

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WELL we are VERY excited to annouce that we have

WELL we are VERY excited to annouce that we have been selected as Finalists in the Cornwall Tourism Awards - for TWO categories: Wildlife Friendly Business Award and Resilience and Innovation Award. We have been selected alongside so many other amazing businesses and feel really privillaged to have made it this far - SO THANK YOU!

Tourism Awards - South West
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Our final question for the week (We'll be answer m

Our final question for the week (We'll be answer more, don't worry!)

'Can lobsters recognise their carers?'

This is such a good question and one that's got our team looking into their behaviour. The honest answer is - we’re not entirely sure but we have some interesting observations! One being that they might not recognise us as carers through sight.. BUT they might be able to taste their carers instead. One of our hatchery technicians, Jacky, touches the antenna of the lobsters before feeding - after a while, these lobsters will now take food from her hand - yet they're still extremely fiesty towards other technicians. So it's probably more down to the touch than the sight!

Something else we have observed is that they are still extremely feisty and keen to protect themselves when anyone walks past (technician or the public)! Even when we're holding food – their natural reaction is to defend themselves and ATTACK!! This is great news though, because it means when they head out into the wild they’ll be able to protect themselves from predators!

Thanks so much for all your awesome questions! Any that we haven't asnwered yet, stay tunned, because we'll be answering them soon!

Question number 6: This is a subject that is reall

Question number 6: This is a subject that is really important to us, we're all about sustainablity and balance! So have a little look to learn something new!

'What are lobster fishing quotas?'

Commercial lobster fishing quotas are quite different to usual fishing quotas, as instead of getting a permit for how many lobsters fishermen can land, they are licensed to how many pots they can put out!

This also varies depending on so many factors, such as: type of pot used, the size and design of the vessel, the area they are fishing in, the type of seabed and the personal preference of the skipper!

You can see and learn more info here: https://www.seafish.org/responsible-sourcing/fishing-gear-database/gear/pots-and-traps-lobster/)

sustainable way of fishing, as it considers many factors within the whole ecosystem, rather than just the species!
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Day 5 of our Q&A - a question we LOVE talking abou

Day 5 of our Q&A - a question we LOVE talking about, especially on a friday morning!

'How do they reproduce?'

You see, lobsters have a pretty complicated reproduction cycle! The thing is, lobsters are..., lets say, independent! They like their space, and chances are, if they see another lobster – they’re not best pleased! So, imagine trying to mate with someone that’s essentially trying to kill you..! Luckily female lobsters have found a way to make the males woozy! She'll release a pheromone that makes the male docile, and he’ll invite her into her cave, here she’ll then moult whilst he protects her – and then the ‘mating’ can begin! It’s a quick and not very romantic process!

After the deed is done, she’ll be on her way and chances are, they’ll go back to wanting to attack each other! What is really cool though, is that the female can actually carry the males sperm around for up to 9 months – she can pick during the time when and even if she wants to get pregnant!

We don't breed the lobsters in the hatchery, because they're pretty fussy about their partners! Instead, they arrive to us just like the one in the photo - with THOUSANDS of eggs ready to burst!

P.S. We're sorry to crush all your dreams about lobsters mating for life...!

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