Pioneering conservation, research and education charity, The National Lobster Hatchery (NLH), based in Padstow, has won the Cornwall Sustainability Award for ‘best contribution towards creating a sustainable food economy from nature to plate’ for its innovative research project, Lobster Grower 2.

The NLH operates a stock enhancement programme that encourages scientists and fishermen to co-develop rearing processes that will enhance the lobster fishery in and around Cornwall.

Lobster Grower 2 is a three-year collaborative research project that aims to investigate the potential of rearing juvenile European lobsters in an environmentally enriched sea-based container culture (SBCC) system at St Austell Bay.