Report reveals some UK seafood companies outpacing competitors on Decapod Crustacean welfare

Report reveals some UK seafood companies outpacing competitors on Decapod Crustacean welfare. The Snapshot: Industry Benchmark on Decapod Crustacean Welfare shows Marks & Spencer, Waitrose and Young’s Seafood are leading the field, but highlights disparities between companies taking action on decapod crustacean welfare. The Snapshot: Industry Benchmark on Decapod Crustacean Welfare is the first benchmark to objectively assess leading seafood producers, processors, retailers, and wholesalers in the UK on their management practices and reporting of welfare standards for decapod crustaceans, such as crabs, lobsters, prawns and nephrops (langoustines). The first Snapshot 2022 report, released last January, established a baseline of information from which future progress could be measured but did not publish individual company scores. Commissioned by the UK’s leading decapod welfare organisation, Crustacean Compassion, and facilitated by Chronos Sustainability – the specialists behind ...