JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
> "KevinS" > wrote in message
> ...
> On Feb 22, 11:30?am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
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>> If you find yourself still thinking about lobsters after
>> the show, read "The Secret Life of Lobsters", by some
>> guy whose name I forget. Really great book. More than
>> you ever thought you wanted to know about lobsters.
>
> That sounded familiar, so I googled. The book has its
> own website:
>
> www.secretlifeoflobsters.com
>
> I'll look for it. Thanks!
>
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> Politically interesting, too. Describes how guvmint wildlife shmexperts
> decided to teach veteran lobstermen how to protect the lobster population,
> and avoid taking lobsters of certain breeding sizes. Meanwhile, the
> lobstermen had already figured this out all by themselves, using an old
> technology called "looking". :-)
>
>

Many years ago, on a visit to Bar Harbor, Maine, we went to the lobster
hatchery down at the end of the main street. They gave us a little
presentation about how they have the lobstermen bring in the "berried"
females. They collect the eggs and hatch the baby lobsters there. We got
to look at them under a microscope (they are really, really teeny) and
they look exactly like full-grown versions only in extreme miniature.

When the babies are so teeny they float and become food for all sea
creatures. They keep them in the hatchery until they reach the size
where they will sink. If they can sink, they have a better chance of
eluding prey and growing up to be dinner.

I don't know if they still do these tours, but if anyone is planning a
trip to Bar Harbor, I'd suggest inquiring. It was quite interesting.

I go crabbing in an estuary off of the Gulf of Mexico with a friend each
winter and if we catch any crabs with berries, we put them back. There
isn't any law, just common sense that says we want more crabs next time. <g>

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Janet Wilder
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