About 15 species of hermit crab (members of the Paguridae family) live in the UK. Using their right claw as a trap door to seal the shell’s opening and hide their soft bodies safely inside, hermit ...

The animal is usually found in warm waters such as the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico but was washed up in the UK on a polystyrene shellfish buoy from Florida Keys. The tiny crab was barely ...

Unsustainable fishing practices could be putting pressure on the UK’s crab and lobster populations, conservationists have ...

They cause problems by: damaging fishing gear such as nets with their sharp claws damaging river banks by burrowing into them blocking intake streams from rivers, lakes and reservoirs modifying ...

Fresh crabs should feel heavy for their size. You can buy a crab live and boil it yourself; alternatively, ask your fishmonger to kill it for you, or buy it ready-cooked. If buying cooked crabmeat ...

By the end of August, 300,000 pounds of snow crab had been dumped by N.L. processors, an increase of more than 400 per cent ...

It is the second time the owners of the Real Cornish Crab Company have committed such offences, including catching too small shellfish and scrubbing eggs from females, wiping out unborn shellfish and ...

They've also hinted at making a splash in the UK, leaving fans to wonder if the American twang is just a clever disguise. Standing taller than the 5ft 11 inches host Joel Dommett, Dressed Crab's ...

A Sheffield duo have together been fined over £2,000 for ‘fishing offences’ after illegally catching over a dozens crabs and ...