UK Working Hard to Conserve its Limited Lobster Stock as Demand Soars
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [China Daily] By Gareth May - April 20, 2015 -
Lobster is having a bit of a moment. No longer the lavish dish of the ruling classes, they're making a move for the mainstream. Dive into any number of London's trendy hipster joints and you'll see lobster on the menu.
With such high demand, you might wonder how UK stocks will handle the pressure. Luckily, they don't have to. The majority of lobster we consume in the UK is from the North West Atlantic (i.e. North America lobster) so all those deals you saw over Christmas, from the likes of Aldi and Lidl, were from this stock.
That said, we shouldn't be glib about our British supplies. The National Lobster Hatchery in Cornwall was set up to conserve the "vulnerable lobster populations" of the UK, working towards three primary goals: stock enhancement, formal and informal education and research.
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