The lobster was taken to a safe and secure location, Nickerson said. Bleu was separated from other lobsters, who Nickerson says are often aggressive.
Yup. There's a reason that they put the rubber bands on those claws, and it's not just so that the guy reaching into the tank doesn't get a pinch. My grandfather was a lobster fisherman. There's a tool he used that would put that band on while you held the critter safely by the back after you pulled 'em out of the trap. Otherwise, they'd be likely to tear each others' limbs off and eat them in the tank on the ride back to shore. And without the melted butter! Savages!
The Discovery Channel had a pretty good short series called | Lobster Wars.| Like any fishing – especially fishing in the North Atlantic – it's a hard dollar.
I met some guys from Nova Scotia that ran an aquaculture lobsters farm. I don't remember the survival rate (it was small) but the juveniles had to be raised in their own little chambers in huge partitioned flow through trays. Isolated, because they'd eat each other. Kids these days.
Yes, it's not easy work. But Grandpa loved it. He was always more at home on the sea than at home (he was both literally and figuratively "salty.")
Lobster farming is an interesting concept. I can see it being expensive to maintain. But if lobster prices are high, it could be profitable. Problem is, the price does vary widely from year to year, depending on critter availability in legal areas.
Yup. There's a reason that they put the rubber bands on those claws, and it's not just so that the guy reaching into the tank doesn't get a pinch. My grandfather was a lobster fisherman. There's a tool he used that would put that band on while you held the critter safely by the back after you pulled 'em out of the trap. Otherwise, they'd be likely to tear each others' limbs off and eat them in the tank on the ride back to shore. And without the melted butter! Savages!
Yeah you don't want 'em to kill each other before you boil them to death alive.
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Weren't we just musing about eating worms and other crawlies a few posts back? THE ALTERNATE UNIVERSE IS ALREADY HERE!
The Discovery Channel had a pretty good short series called | Lobster Wars.| Like any fishing – especially fishing in the North Atlantic – it's a hard dollar.
I met some guys from Nova Scotia that ran an aquaculture lobsters farm. I don't remember the survival rate (it was small) but the juveniles had to be raised in their own little chambers in huge partitioned flow through trays. Isolated, because they'd eat each other. Kids these days.
Yes, it's not easy work. But Grandpa loved it. He was always more at home on the sea than at home (he was both literally and figuratively "salty.")
Lobster farming is an interesting concept. I can see it being expensive to maintain. But if lobster prices are high, it could be profitable. Problem is, the price does vary widely from year to year, depending on critter availability in legal areas.
Regardless of the color, lobstahs make me *ouke*
Yes. See my stolen witticism above.
Everything that lives in water can kill me, so I don't eat any of them. Ocean, fresh, doesn't matter.