Padstow – Larry the Lobster and friends

On the Quay at Padstow there’s the National Lobster Hatchery.
It’s a nice idea to give nature a helping hand and increase lobster numbers.
If a fisherman pots a female lobster with eggs they take it along to the hatchery where they take the eggs and nurture them up to a size where they can be released. Each little lobster lives in its own yoghurt pot until its put into the sea. They have to have their own pot otherwise they eat each other. Anyway, guarantees a decent livelihood for local fishermen and sustains the lobster population. Cost three pounds to visit the centre buts it’s a good claws. Pity we can’t do the same for cod and herring. The pic above is of Dai the Claw, he's about 50 and blue?