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  Other Lobster Species
One of the strangest sights reported by fishermen and divers is the "lobster march." Hundreds, sometimes thousands, of spiny lobsters form columns of as many as 60 lobsters to migrate en masse, often after a storm.
Slipper lobsters are harvested in shallow, tropical waters from muddy bottoms, but they are not as highly sought after as other lobsters.
The freshwater crayfish, crawfish, or crawdad resembles a miniature lobster.
octopus.gma.org /lobsters/allaboutlobsters/species.html   (426 words)

  
  Lobster - LoveToKnow 1911
In Europe the lobsters are generally sent to market in the fresh state, but in America, especially in the northern New England states and in the maritime provinces of Canada, the canning of lobsters is an important industry.
The European lobster rarely reaches 10 pounds in weight, though individuals of 14 pounds have been found, and in America there are authentic records of lobsters weighing 20 to 23 pounds.
The imposition of a close time to protect the spawning lobsters has been often tried, but as the female carries the spawn attached to her body for nearly twelve months after spawning it is impossible to give any effective protection by this means.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Lobster   (709 words)

  
 Lobster - MSN Encarta
Lobster, common name for marine decapod (that is, with five pairs of appendages on the thorax) crustaceans closely related to the freshwater crayfishes.
The American and European lobsters are characterized by an enlarged, almost bulbous, pair of pincers or chelipeds; the chelipeds of the Norway lobster are relatively longer and thinner.
The American lobster is classified as Homarus americanus, the Norway lobster as Nephrops norvegicus, and the European lobster as Homarus gammarus.
encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761566931   (467 words)

  
 Lobster farming in Norway
The aims of the project are to explore the possibilities and potentials of producing the European lobster in land-based facilities using re-circulation of seawater.
To establish sea ranching of lobster as a commercial and viable industry, an important prerequisite is access to a large amount of cheap and high quality lobster juveniles from commercial hatcheries.
A new lobster feed with three different levels of astaxantin have now been produced in two different pellet sizes, and feeding experiments have been initiated to find the minimum astaxantin contents necessary in the feed to ensure natural pigmentation of the lobsters.
articles.uwphoto.no /articles_folder/lobster_farming_in_Norway.htm   (860 words)

  
 Other Lobster Species
One of the strangest sights reported by fishermen and divers is the "lobster march." Hundreds, sometimes thousands, of spiny lobsters form columns of as many as 60 lobsters to migrate en masse, often after a storm.
Slipper lobsters are harvested in shallow, tropical waters from muddy bottoms, but they are not as highly sought after as other lobsters.
The freshwater crayfish, crawfish, or crawdad resembles a miniature lobster.
www.gma.org /lobsters/allaboutlobsters/species.html   (426 words)

  
 biotemp
New lobster life begins as thousands of fertilized, bead-sized, pine green eggs (about 1 mm in diameter) are pushed out of the oviducts through openings at the base of the female's third walking legs.
Lobsters have three distinct, planktonic larval stages, all of which are found at the water surface during daylight hours and bright moonlight.
Larval lobsters are not particularly capable swimmers so their gross movements are largely controlled by the direction of wind and water currents, which happen to be onshore during periods of larval release.
www.lobsters.org /tlcbio/biology7.html   (718 words)

  
 World Almanac for Kids
LOBSTER, common name for marine decapod (that is, with five pairs of appendages on the thorax) crustaceans of the suborder Reptantia, section Astacura, which are closely related to the freshwater crayfishes.
The American and European lobsters are characterized by an enlarged, almost bulbous, pair of pincers or chelapeds; the chelapeds of the Norway lobster are relatively longer and thinner.
The spiny lobsters, or rock lobsters, which are sometimes referred to only as lobsters, lack the enlarged claws of the true lobsters.
www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/animals/lobster.html   (366 words)

  
 Lobster's meal time
The lobster can now move the large crushing claw in to position on the body of the crab and with one quick squeeze the crab is crushed.
All my lobsters have dug trenches or deep holes in the deep sand as soon as they are placed in the tank.
Lobster fishing is strictly controlled with a licence needed if you capture more than two specimens in one day.
homepages.ed.ac.uk /evah01/lobster.htm   (1321 words)

  
 Lobster Rearing Project Anglesey Sea Zoo Attractions North Wales
The European lobster is usually a blue/fl colour, due to a pigment called astaxanthin in its shell.
Lobsters have 10 limbs, the back 8 are used for walking and the front 2 are highly modified into huge claws that can be used for both protection and obtaining food.
Common European lobsters are found in both the North Sea and along the west coast of Great Britain all the way down to the Mediterranean, preferring rocky areas that have plenty of caves to hide in.
www.angleseyseazoo.co.uk /lobs.htm   (1165 words)

  
 Fabrizio Lobster by Wild Republic
Lobsters are best known for their two large claws, which they often use for fighting.
European lobsters are brutes, being among the largest of all lobsters.
European lobsters live in the coastal waters of Europe and North West Africa.
www.tableandhome.com /prodiedg   (167 words)

  
 Live Maine Lobsters and Fresh Seafood Delivered Overnight
A female lobster mates primarily when she is in the soft-shell state right after she has shed her shell (molted).
Legal lobster : A legal lobster (in Maine) is a lobster that has a carapace between 3 1/4 and 5 inches long as measured from behind the eye and straight back to where the thorax ends and the tail begins.
Lobster - There are three species of true Lobster: The American (or as we call it, the "Maine" lobster), the European lobster and the Norway lobster.
lobsteranywhere.com /lobster_glossary.htm   (5426 words)

  
 Homarus Ltd - www.homarusaquafish.co.uk   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Lobsters at the minimum commercial size are thought to be around 5-7 years old.
Lobsters are caught in baited traps known as pots or creels.
Lobster larvae and post-larvae are caught in plankton samples but once around match-stick size the juveniles settle to the bottom they are hardly ever seen.
www.homarusaquafish.co.uk /lobster   (942 words)

  
 Live Maine Lobsters and Fresh Seafood Delivered Overnight
A female lobster mates primarily when she is in the soft-shell state right after she has shed her shell (molted).
Legal lobster : A legal lobster (in Maine) is a lobster that has a carapace between 3 1/4 and 5 inches long as measured from behind the eye and straight back to where the thorax ends and the tail begins.
Lobster - There are three species of true Lobster: The American (or as we call it, the "Maine" lobster), the European lobster and the Norway lobster.
www.lobsteranywhere.com /lobster_glossary.htm   (5426 words)

  
 The Main Ingredient - Lobster: The Sophisticated Crustacean
There are several varieties of lobster, including a smaller European incarnation and a Japanese one; however, all types of lobsters have the same basic body, which consists of two symmetrical, powerful claws (where many times the best meat is found), an abdomen, head and thorax, both of which are covered by the carapace (shell).
These lobsters are becoming rather rare and expensive as the area becomes rapidly over-fished, and due to this scarcity, restaurants often mislead customers by listing Maine lobster on the menu when they are actually serving lobster fished from off the coast of Canada (be sure to ask!).
Lobsters are particularly excellent when served boiled with drawn butter, which is the traditional New England method and a fail-safe one.
www.gildedfork.com /mainingredient/lobster-806.html   (867 words)

  
 Lobster - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Lobster, common name for marine decapod (that is, with five pairs of appendages on the thorax) crustaceans closely related to the freshwater...
Crustacean, common name for members of a subphylum of mainly aquatic arthropod animals with jaws and two pairs of antennae, such as the crab,...
This lobster is large, growing to approximately 30 cm (1...
uk.encarta.msn.com /Lobster.html   (142 words)

  
 Lobster types - How to choose a lobster?
Broiled or boiled, the lobster is a master in the crustacean family.
Also called "Maine" lobster, it is fished off on the East coast of Canada and the North of the United States.
Also called "Breton" lobster because its main production is from Brittany, but it is also fished in other places along the coast from Norway to the Mediterranean Sea.
www.911cheferic.com /main/newsletter/Article_template.asp?id=18&seq=1&page=1   (232 words)

  
 Lobsters   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Lobsters have a pair of pincers called chelapeds, or "claws"--one is a heavier crusher claw and the other is a smaller feeding claw.
The lobster has an external nose that is porous so that an odor patch can be diffused in from a high concentration to a low concentration and then out again.
The Norway lobster--Nephrops norvegicus, The European lobster--Homarus gammarus.
www.cyhaus.com /marine/lobsters.htm   (148 words)

  
 "Dublin Lawyer" and "Thackeray's Lobster" | European Cuisines
These days the lobsters tend to be a lot smaller, as much due to overfishing as to climate change -- the Irish coastal waters aren't as cold as they used to be.
The star dish of the dinner is a lobster dish with a surprisingly spicy sauce, and Thackeray describes everything from the ingredients, to the cooking method, to what to drink with the final result...
When boiling, the mixture is stirred up, the lobster being sure to heave about the pan in a convulsive manner, while it emits a remarkably rich and agreeable odour through the apartment.
www.europeancuisines.com /Dublin-Lawyer-And-Thackerays-Lobster   (809 words)

  
 Lobster Recipes
Lobsters are probably the most sophisticated shellfish, a lobster recipe is a dish that stands out on any dinner table.
The European variety is very similar to the Maine lobster but the American variety is bigger and can be found in the Atlantic from Norway to Morocco, as well as in the Mediterranean and South African waters.
Lobsters are sold fresh, which should be alive (see Buying Tips), frozen or already cooked.
www.weloveseafood.com /lobster_recipes.html   (323 words)

  
 Lobster: notes on its size in European seas, Homarus gammarus
Lobster fishing is strictly controlled with a fishing licence needed if you fish commercally for them.
The length that the European Lobster will normally grow to if it is not captured is a total length of 50 cm, weighing about 5 kg (11 lb).
In March 1988, a European Lobster weighing a record 10 kg (22 lb) was caught off the west coast of Norway, near Floroe.
www.esatclear.ie /~lobster/lobster%20info.htm   (693 words)

  
 Lobster Hotpot
lobsters cut into large pieces and cook on both sides and flame with the cognac.
Note: The lobster is not the kind of lobster that is caught off of the coast of New England.
It is variety that is sometimes referred to as European Lobster or Spiny Lobster.
www.ctspanish.com /Lobster_Hotpot.htm   (169 words)

  
 LOBSTER > Welcome to LOBSTER
LOBSTER was a successor of the SCAMPI project.
The LOBSTER project concluded on 30 June 2007, but the sensor network remains operational, and the sensor software continues to be maintained.
The LOBSTER Project was funded by the European Commission, but any opinions expressed on this server do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the European Commission.
www.ist-lobster.org   (232 words)

  
 Lobsters. In: Marine Biodiversity - An Introduction. Author: Peter Dyrynda   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Lobsters are believed to be capable of attaining a great age (several decades, possibly as many as five) and a large size (a metre or more, 10 kg or more).
Lobsters have the potential to inflict injuries on the hands and arms of fishermen, divers and others who handle them.
Overfishing of lobsters is believed to be a contributory factor leading to the population bursts of sea urchins that periodically result in the devastation of kelp forest communities on certain North-Atlantic coasts, particularly those of Canada and Maine.
www.solaster-mb.org /mb/lobsters.htm   (482 words)

  
 Louisiana Wholesale Seafood Distributor - Seafood Fact for Lobster
Spiny lobster are still in tight supply because of high Asian demand for live lobster, but at the right price the availability is there.
But Comerico, whose resemblance to the Bronx lobster is noted by his competitors, is doing very well, a millionaire in fact, with 3,000 lobster traps, more than half the traps registered by the area's 22 lobster-man. "The truth is I'm a legend," said the modest monarch to the New York Times.
Migrating lobster in Western Australia travel the bottom in long, narrow columns, a behavior pattern that local rock lobstermen have turned to their advantage.
www.louisianafoods.com /fishfaq/lobster.html   (485 words)

  
 Lobster - Glossary from CHI-CHI'S   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The European Lobster is found in the North Sea, the Irish Sea, the English Channel, and the Bay of Biscay, and is fl in color with some pale yellow blotches.
It is the Lobster tail and the lobster claws that contain the majority of the meat in a Lobster.
To clean a cooked a Lobster, cut it in half, lengthwise, with a sharp knife and remove and discard the fl vein and the sand sac at the base of the head.
chichissalsa.com /glossary.asp?id=33409&catitemid=   (313 words)

  
 Fish Glossary from Gorton's: Halibut-Mahi-mahi   (Site not responding. Last check: )
While clawed lobsters wear their meat in both their two frontal claws and their tails, the meat of spiny lobster is almost exclusively located in their long, broad tails.
When buying live lobster that was stored on ice, pay extra attention to the curl of the tail, since their frozen confines make the lobsters slow and unresponsive.
Notes: While lobster is considered one of the rarest delicacies today, back in 18th century Maine, the creatures were so prolific that farmers used lobster for fertilizer, and prisoners complained of their steady, monotonous diet of lobster.
www.gortons.com /cookbook/gl_ha_ma.php   (1817 words)

  
 Atlantis - Marine Jewelry - Learn about Lobster
It takes an American lobster four to seven years to grow to be as large as one pound.
Unlike the Maine, the European or the Norway lobsters, the clawless spiny lobsters are easily distinguished from other lobster species by the fact that they have no claws.
Female lobsters can lay up to several thousand eggs every two years, but only one-tenth of one percent of the newborn will survive longer than six weeks.
www.atlantis-ent.com /llobs.htm   (326 words)

  
 Growfish - Gippsland Aquaculture Industry Network (GAIN)
The purpose of the AquaReg project "A regional development strategy for stock enhancement of clawed lobsters" is to exchange knowledge and transfer technology between the regions to develop an improved methodology for producing viable lobsters juveniles for release into the sea.
Settled European lobsters are only 1.5 to 2 cm long, and are therefore extremely vulnerable to predation if they are released directly into the sea.
For this reason, it is important to rear the lobsters until they reach a length of 4-5 cm before they are released to increase their chances of survival.
www.growfish.com.au /content.asp?ContentId=4749   (548 words)

  
 Caldereta de langosta (lobster stew)
Minorcans claim that their blue spiny lobsters are unequaled in the dish, while the Majorcans claim their light red lobsters are better.
But when the Spanish refer to the langosta, they are talking about the European lobster, which is pulled from the Mediterranean Sea, is qiute spiny in appearance, and is known in English as spiny lobster or rock lobster.
Working with 1 lobster at a time, and using a sharp knife, separate the head from the tail and remove the legs.
www.spain-recipes.com /caldereta-langosta.html   (782 words)

  
 Lobster: notes on its size in European seas, Homarus gammarus
A North American Lobster, Homarus americanus, was brought up in a pot with a European Lobster 30 miles south of the Isle of Wight by a south Devon boat.
It is a berried female and was taken to the Marine Biological Association at Plymouth where it has been put into quarantine until the eggs are hatched and will be put on view to the public in their Aquarium later.
In March 1988, a European Lobster weighing a record 10 kg (22 lb) was caught off the west coast of Norway, near Floroe.
www.glaucus.org.uk /Lobster2.htm   (843 words)

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