Bivalve Purification Operations Seafish/REHIS approved course

For all bivalve purification and dispatch centres in the UK
• Designed to meet the needs of the live bivalve mollusc sector
• An essential step towards producing Safer Seafood
• An excellent course for both new starters and experienced staff and managers
• Delivered by approved and experienced trainers
• Nationally recognised
• 4+ hr taught theory course
• Seafish funding support may be available

There are two training centres that are approved to deliver this training course.
• The Scottish Shellfish Training Centre;
• The Southern Shellfish Training Centre, venue National Lobster Hatchery

Posters attached for full details

Launch of IFCA, Cornwall’s Inshore Fisheries & Conservation Authority

Cornwall IFCA is responsible for marine fisheries and environmental management in our inshore waters and estuaries. It was established on 1 April 2011 as a result of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. The Authority has taken over the duties, responsibilities and assets of Cornwall Sea Fisheries Committee, together with a broader remit for the sustainable management of the inshore marine environment.

Cornwall IFCA will lead, champion and manage a sustainable marine environment and inshore fisheries. It will do this by successfully securing the right balance between environmental and economic benefits to ensure healthy seas, sustainable fisheries and a viable future.

For more information check out their new website that has just gone live this week.

www.cornwall-ifca.gov.uk

Lobster Mothering Sunday …..

Bring your mum along for FREE to the National Lobster Hatchery on Mothering Sunday and see our mummy lobsters in their new maternity ward.  By then, lobsters should be hatching on a daily occurrence ….

and if you’ve forgotten to buy her flowers and chocolates, we’ve got some lovely Cornish fudge or other lovely gifts in our shop.

MUMS GO FREE ON SATURDAY 2ND & SUNDAY 3RD APRIL 2011

Testing the new National Lobster Hatchery ad…

Thought we should do a little dry run with the new ad for the National Lobster Hatchery…

Volunteering at the Hatchery

It’s Anthony’s last day with us today who has been volunteering at the hatchery.  He leaves us for a new post on Bryher on the Isles of Scilly – can’t be bad!

Wendy has been volunteering with us for nearly a year now, giving up one day a week to help us out in the office.  She calls us her ‘lobster luvvies’ so I think that can only be a compliment.

We are very lucky to have the help from lots of volunteers and for many, it seems to help them secure permanent posts elsewhere.  Amazingly, one of our volunteers is the longest standing member of staff here.

Wild Swim from Port Gaverne to Port Isaac

Put the date in your diary and plan your holiday to Cornwall for that week.  This years wild swim from Port Gaverne to Port Isaac will be held on 7th August 2011, raising money for the National Lobster Hatchery.

The event started last year and was such a success, organisers have decided to make it an annual event; only this year it’ll be bigger and better.

The actual swim is said to be 1 mile, round a beautiful bit of coastline, ending up at Port Isaac (a very quaint little Cornish harbour).  The Fisherman’s Friends are rumoured to be performing on stage, we will have our baby lobsters on display and there will be stalls and food to hand.  Not to mention the scattering of pubs next to the beach.

The official event website will be going live very soon so I will keep you informed.  I might even dig out a photo of Dom and I having completed the swim last year!

The new broodtank arrives

We had thought about the dimensions and whether we could fit it through the door, honestly!!  But to be fair it would have been difficult to get round corners, so our lovely kindly neighbours agreed to crane it into the back door, at low tide from the slipway.

The white side that you can see is the acrylic window so that visitors can see into the lobster maternity ward.