SELFRIDGES DONATE A LIMITED EDITION KATHARINE HAMNETT LINE TO NATIONAL LOBSTER HATCHERY IN CORNWALL

The National Lobster Hatchery have been approached by Selfridges, London who very kindly offered to donate some stock from their “Project Ocean” campaign, launched earlier this year. Project Ocean is an inspiring initiative that challenges the public to imagine a world with ‘no more fish in the sea’. Project Ocean is spearheaded by Selfridges Creative Director Alannah Weston.

Driven by the unthinkable prospect of the world’s major fisheries collapsing by 2050, the London store has given itself over to leading international marine protection campaigners and 22 environmental NGOs, as well high profile activists from the worlds of art, fashion, culinary arts, and entertainment.

English fashion designer Katharine Hamnett, best known for her political t-shirts and ethical business policy stepped up to design a range of products to launch their campaign.

The beach towels, bags, tea-towels and range of t-shirts will be on sale through the National Lobster Hatchery on-line shop and Little Shop of Lobsters in the visitor centre at Padstow.

Sarah Boothroyd, who manages the website and on-line shop said ‘This couldn’t have come at a better time for us. This year we allocated new budgets to develop our on-line sales as it has proved to be a useful new income stream for us. We are expanding into Amazon and Ebay platforms and on the brink of launching a brand new website that will reflect our successes in marine conservation, research and education. We are trying to influence consumer choice and drive the changes needed for a sustainable future for our fisheries and safeguard an essential food source for an ever increasing demand’.

‘This fabulous donation by Selfridges (designed by Katharine Hamnett) is causing our little stock room to quite literally burst at the seams! The t-shirts are a lovely quality and will boost our sales significantly.’

The well-known oversized t-shirts with large black slogans such as NO MORE FISH IN THE SEA?, SAVE THE SEA, SAVE THE WORLD, LOVE, STOP AND THINK are on sale at www.nationallobsterhatchery.co.uk

 

LAST CHANCE TO BUY A RAFFLE TICKET

The draw will take place on 24th Sept 2012 to win a

luxury two night break in Rock

to include breakfast. Your stay will include 1 round of golf at St Enodoc Golf Course, spa treatment at The Cow Shed Spa at St Moritz Hotel, lunch at No. 1 Rock Road Restaurant. Then to finish it off a 3 course meal at No. 1 Rock Road with a bottle of Vintage Laurent-Perrier Champagne. Only £1 a ticket for the chance of winning this fantastic prize. You can either buy on-line through our Little Shop of Lobsters or over the phone.

Thank you to James & Rhowan from No. 1 Rock Road who very kindly donated this prize.

Lobster Hatchery Summer Raffle

Following the success of last year, we are very fortunate to be able to offer another fantastic raffle prize. We are very grateful to Jamie & Rhowan Yoki of No. 1 Rock Road Restaurant in Rock, Cornwall who have donated our star prize:

A LUXURY WEEKEND BREAK IN ROCK FOR TWO

A 2 night luxury break in an award winning location to include breakfast, 1 round of golf at St Enodoc Golf Course (overlooking the beautiful Camel estuary), a spa treatment at the Cow Shed at the St Moritz Hotel, a 3 course meal at the new No. 1 Rock Road Restaurant with Vintage-Laurent-Perrier champagne and lunch at No. 1 Rock Road Restaurant.

Tickets are available through our ‘Little Shop of Lobsters’

Autumn Watch 11th Nov 2011

It was nice to have the Autumn Watch film crew with us last week with presenter Martin Hughes-Games.  We were very lucky to have a berried hen (an egg bearing female lobster) delivered to us the week before, probably the last for the season so we had a beautiful mother lobster to show for Friday’s Autumn Watch.

It really is a wonder of nature when you turn a lobster over to see 3,000 to 20,000 eggs attached to her pleopods.  I think really, they should come back with Spring Watch when the hatchery is a hive of activity.

We gave Martin one of our Santa CLAWS fluffy lobster to hold for the photo that are now available on our on-line shop with their very own handmade Santa hat’s.  http://www.nationallobsterhatchery.co.uk/shop/

Christmas Present List SORTED and all for charity

Unique lobster charity Christmas cards

(designed by pupils of Padstow Primary School)

Grandma – Lobster Hatchery hamper with

Cornish fudge, biscuits and Cornish sea salt

Grandpa – The Secret Life of Lobsters Book

‘How fishermen and scientists are unravelling

the mysteries of our favourite crustacean’.

Or our ‘His & Hers’ Adopt a Lobster – name a lobster after Grandma and Grandpa and we will release 2 lobsters back into the wild together.

Mum – beautiful Lobster life-cycle T-Towel or stylish Jute bag

Dad – Lobster Hatchery mug & key ring

For the teenage girls – check out our collection of Sea Gem silver jewellery, designed in Cornwall

For the teenage boys - Lobster Hatchery t-shirt

For the boys – a woodcraft construction kit or bath squirt puffer fish (that has a 3 metre firing range!) – watch out at bath time

For the girls – our lovely children’s book about a Padstow lobster called Claude & his 4,000 brothers & sisters

For the babies – it’s got to be a fluffy lobster