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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 […]

Eloise’s Hatchery Story

We’ve had the pleasure of welcoming Eloise, a 20-year-old Zoology student from the University of Bristol as a volunteer at our Hatchery. With a passion for conservation and a love […]

A Clawsome Tale

We’re excited to share a fun exclusive interview with Lucie Machin, the brilliant Director of ‘A Clawsome Tale’ – a film showcasing the wonderful world of lobsters and the work […]

BBC Countryfile Comes to Visit

Did you catch us on BBC One this past Sunday with Countryfile? Our very own Head of Production, Ben welcomed BBC presenter Charlotte Smith and the Countryfile team behind the […]