The purpose of these Codes of Practice is to provide a framework of good practice guidance for the treatment of decapod crustaceans used in the food chain.

The Sea-to-Plate report reviews welfare compromises at each stage of the supply chain

This paper records a series of detailed investigations of mortality in crustacean shellfish with a particular focus on the brown crab (Cancer pagurus).

Explore the mortality rates of velvet crabs during holding and transport.

Large numbers of decapod crustaceans are commercially transported every year – read a list of do’s and don’ts for transporting decapod crustaceans.

A quick look factsheet about decapod mutilation.

Decapod crustaceans must be slaughtered using methods that ensure instantaneous insensibility or death. This factsheet summarises the 8 most common industrial slaughter methods from a welfare perspective.

Stunning crustaceans before slaughter is an important welfare standard for industry – read the facts around this important topic.

Although some countries now recognise decapod crustaceans and cephalopod molluscs as sentient, welfare issues remain that require further attention.

Explore the worlds of business and animal ethics, and how they interact.

Review the evidence relating to decapod sentience using a novel framework developed specifically for evaluating invertebrates.