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This year proved that change is possible. From bold campaigns to growing industry commitments, every step we took in 2025 brings us closer to a compassionate future crustaceans.

Crustacean Compassion hosted a meet outside of Parliament with other animal advocates to urgently call on Defra to ban boiling alive.

As the dust settles in Westminster after the Cabinet reshuffle earlier this month, we look at what different the new faces might make to our campaigning objectives in the coming months.

Crabs and lobsters face growing threats in the wild - from pollution to destructive fishing. Discover how Crustacean Compassion is taking action and how you can help protect these vital marine species.

The Snapshot 2025 report is underway. As UK food companies face fresh scrutiny, who will update their crustacean welfare policies and the lead the way this year?

Discover how our Rockpool Ranger events went over the summer in Cornwall, and what this means for animal welfare. With legislative change to crustaceans handled in zoos, lets do our bit when we are interacting with them in the wild!

In this blog, Jane, our Corporate Engagement Advisor, introduces the Kinder Kitchens campaign, calling on chefs to lead the way in compassionate seafood sourcing and preparation.

From boxing crabs with pom-poms to turtles with hitchhikers on their backs, decapod crustaceans are some of the most fascinating creatures on Earth. Yet, how much do we really know about them?

Crabs and lobsters can feel pain, yet they’re still used in UK labs without legal protection. On World Day for Laboratory Animals, we urged the Home Office: protect decapods from unregulated suffering. It’s time to act.

The Snapshot 2024 Industry Benchmark on Decapod Crustacean Welfare report is now live. How does your favourite supermarket rank?

On Wednesday, 26 February, we hosted a Roundtable event with parliamentary Committee members, scientific experts, and gov

We sat down with Chris Weston from The National Lobster Hatchery to talk about all things lobster and their conservation efforts.

A thank you message and 2024 wrap up from our CEO, Dr Ben Strugeon

Read all about how your advocacy work has taken us across the country to conferences, committee events and MP discussions.

CEO Dr Ben Sturgeon shares his thoughts on 'workplace mental health' on World Mental Health Day.

Introducing Lucy Fearnley, a passionate advocate for animal welfare and a valued super supporter of Crustacean Compassion.

Did you know that lobsters can recognise individuals and crabs can exhibit complex social behaviours and hierarchies?

What does the word ‘marine’ mean to you? Our CEO, Ben, reflects on our deep waters and all that lives within it

At the end of June, we travelled to The Hague in The Netherlands to take part in the Oceanovation Live festival.

After a six-week long campaign, millions of votes have been cast and counted and the results are in.

Polling day is just over one week away but people across the country have already started voting by post, as candidates and party leaders...

Seafood industry innovation was on the agenda at two conferences in London this month, although the results were varied.

When a very wet Rishi Sunak announced that Britain will go to the polls for the fourth time in less than a decade on 04 July 2024, it...

Crustacean Compassion began as a voluntary organisation after hearing the disturbing news that live crabs were being sold in shrink wrap...