The last time the Crustacean Compassion team were at No.10, Liz Truss was Prime Minister and there wasn’t a Christmas tree in sight. But on Thursday 08 December, we returned to deliver a letter to Rishi Sunak, once more calling on the new government to commit to delivering legal protection of crabs, lobsters, prawns, and nephrops (otherwise known as decapod crustaceans). Earlier this year, decapods were included in the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act, marking a significant mil

Ever since huge numbers of crabs and lobsters started washing up dead and dying on the coastline of north-east England in October 2021, there have been questions asked about what could have caused the phenomena. The investigation to establish what happened started in December 2021 with those involved in the local fishing industry, but their voices were soon being heard in parliament and in the media. The government then launched an investigation which found that a freak algae