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Lobster Love: Burger & Lobster

2025’s World Lobster Day saw our tiny charity be at the forefront of THE campaign of the year, as the brilliant Burger & Lobster restaurant group implemented ‘Buy One Set […]

Reflections on 25 Years of the National Lobster Hatchery

A Personal Perspective on Two and a Half Decades of Conservation and Innovation, from our founder Eddy Derriman MBE for our 25th anniversary on 20th October 2025. As I reflect […]

My Placement at the Hatchery

Hey! My name is Stan, and I’ve just recently finished my year in industry working with the NLH; and I’m now in my final year of Marine Biology at Swansea […]

NLH attends Aquaculture Horizons 2025

The latest gathering of European Lobster Center of excellence (ELCE) members saw lobster experts from across the globe come together in Portugal at the Aquaculture Horizons 2025 conference, an international […]

The Releasathon!

This year sees The National Lobster Hatchery celebrate its 25th anniversary. To celebrate this milestone the team will embark on ‘The Releasathon’ – the challenge of 25 lobster releases in […]

The NLH Turns 25 in 2025

Celebrating Twenty-Five years of The National Lobster Hatchery A pioneering charity that has been leading the charge in stock enhancement and research for morethan two decades. This year sees The […]

Lobster Love: Happy Days

We are delighted to share details of our newest supporter Their nursery is supporting ours in 2025 and beyond,.. “From a tiny idea to a beautiful partnership, we are so […]

Lobster Love: Rick Stein’s

We’re excited to announce that Rick Stein’s Summer of Shellfish campaign has raised a fantastic £8,250 for The National Lobster Hatchery! This summer, Rick Stein’s restaurants pledged to donate £1 […]

Live Lobster Moult!

In an exciting first for The National Lobster Hatchery, one of our European Lobsters was captured live on camera moulting – an extraordinary and rarely seen stage of a lobster’s […]

Lobsters Reach House of Commons

We’re excited to share that one of our baby lobsters made a splash at the House of Commons on Monday 14th October. It was featured in a presentation by the […]

Hal’s Year at the Hatchery

Hal, a Marine Biology student from Swansea University, joined The National Lobster Hatchery for a year as part of his degree, and we were lucky to have him on board. […]

Lobster Love: Clovelly Estate

We’re excited to welcome Clovelly as our newest corporate sponsor! Without the incredible support of businesses like Clovelly that partner with us and the support of the public, our marine […]