Shellfish Association of Great Britain

  • New guidance on shellfish welfare in development

    New guidance on shellfish welfare in development

    8th March 2022

    Best-practice guidance for the handling of live shellfish is being developed by the Shellfish Association of Great Britain (SAGB) and the industry-led Crab and Lobster Management Group (CMG), with assistance from Seafish. The renewed focus on crustacean welfare follows the…

  • Legal move to ban boiling live crustaceans

    Legal move to ban boiling live crustaceans

    12th July 2021

    Threat to entire shellfish supply chain It will become illegal to boil crabs and lobsters alive, or send live lobsters through the post, if legislation now going through parliament is passed, reports Tim Oliver. Last week, peers in the House…

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