Sustainability and social responsibility

There’s a beautiful simplicity to fishing for crab. You just lay down the pots and wait. Take pot luck, if you will. There’s no unwanted by-catch and no damage to the seabed.
We hand select every crab — females with eggs and tiddlers are thrown back to swim another day. And we’re working on ways to use every single part of the crab, so we can grow our business, but still be sensible about the numbers we catch. After all, we owe it to those crabs.

The Three Jays boat is owned by Neville, as a past skipper of a crabber, wanted to keep close contact with the sea, and on occasion he takes the boat out to do a little crabbing himself.
The skipper and crew take their responsibilities very seriously, adhering to all stringent rules and regulations to keep the high standards we require. They are an important part of the Newlyn Crab Company family.