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A marine conservation project to restore, conserve and sustain our local native lobster population.

25/09/2026

Happy National Lobster Day! 🦞🌊

Lobster has been enjoyed along our coast for generations and remains an important part of our local fishing and food heritage. We believe enjoying seafood and supporting its future can, and should, go hand in hand 🦞

Our hatchery is proudly supported and funded by our neighbouring restaurant, The Harbour Garden, helping us give something back to the waters that provide for us 🌊

We can’t keep taking from the sea without putting something back 💙

By raising vulnerable lobster larvae through their earliest stages we can increase their survival rates around 1000 times compared to the wild before releasing them back into the sea.

We hope to play our small part in supporting a sustainable future for this incredible species 🦞

So today, whether you’re admiring a lobster beneath the waves or enjoying one on your plate, here’s to respecting, protecting and celebrating them 🦞💙🌊

15/09/2026

🥳🦞IT’S HERE! 🥳🦞

A few weeks ago we had the absolute pleasure of welcoming Eric & Bella from EE Fishing to the Whitstable Lobster Hatchery and The Harbour Garden Café, and they’ve now shared their visit on their YouTube channel! 🎥💙

They spent the day behind the scenes seeing what we do here at the hatchery, meeting some of our very special lobster residents and learning why, as a seafood restaurant that relies on the sea, we feel so strongly that you can’t keep taking without putting something back 🌊🦞

We’re incredibly proud of what we’re trying to achieve for our local lobster population, and it was wonderful to be able to share it with Eric & Bella and their audience.

A huge thank you to them both for taking the time to visit, film and tell our story so beautifully 🙏❤️

Go and have a watch and please give them some love while you’re there! 💙

https://youtu.be/9ispk-fMQ5M?is=07Bzeo0QxB_DMH1d

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29/08/2026

Two of our biggest juveniles have just moulted again — and they’ve both come out of their old shells noticeably bigger!

For a lobster, moulting is how they grow. Their hard outer shell can’t expand, so they have to shed it and form a new, larger one underneath. For a short time after moulting, that new shell is soft and vulnerable while it hardens.

Every successful moult is another little milestone in their journey towards the wild 🌊

Address

The Harbour Garden
Whitstable
CT51AB

Website

http://www.whitstablelobsterhatchery.co.uk/

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