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  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.
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 Lobster -- Cooking with Lobster
The environmental conditions of the lobsters can vary from ocean to ocean, but the lobster's temperature environment does not fluctuate much since their home is large mass of water, the ocean.
Because a lobster lives in a murky environment at the bottom of the ocean, its vision is poor and it mostly uses its antennae as sensors.
Lobsters are often eaten plain or with butter, lobster can be cut up and used in a wide array of dishes.
www.edinformatics.com /culinaryarts/food_encyclopedia/lobster.htm   (582 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 - HighBeam Encyclopedia
lobster marine crustacean with five pairs of jointed legs, the first bearing large pincerlike claws of unequal size adapted to crushing the shells of its prey.
Identification of juvenile hormone-active alkylphenols in the lobster Homarus americanus and in marine sediments.
Osmotic induction of stress-responsive gene expression in the lobster Homarus americanus.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-lobster.html   (687 words)

  
 Lobster
The closest relatives of clawed lobsters are the reef lobster Enoplometopus and the three families of freshwater crayfish.
Lobsters live on rocky, sandy, or muddy bottoms from the shoreline to beyond the edge of the continental shelf.
The anatomy of the lobster includes the cephalothorax which is the head fused with the thorax, both of which are covered by the carapace, and the abdomen.
www.lobsterdelicious.com /en/lobster.html   (1025 words)

  
 Processing Norway Lobsters
Norway lobsters and particularly the shelled tail meats have also become known in this country in recent years by the name scampi, which is the plural of the Italian word scampo, meaning Norway lobster.
The Norway lobster is found in the North Sea, the north-east Atlantic and the Mediterranean, and is fished commercially from north Africa to north Norway and Iceland; France, Britain, Denmark and Italy are the principal catching countries.
Norway lobsters are either landed whole, in which case they should be still alive, or the head and carapace, with claws and legs attached, should be twisted off and discarded at sea, leaving only the unshelled tails to be landed.
www.fao.org /wairdocs/tan/x5908E/x5908e01.htm   (1889 words)

  
 lobster. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Lobsters have 20 pairs of gills attached to the bases of the legs and to the sides of the body; the gills are protected by the carapace, the large area of the exoskeleton covering the back and sides of the cephalothorax.
The stout-bodied, sometimes brightly colored squat lobsters are close relatives of the hermit crab; their broad abdomens are usually tucked under their bodies, as in crabs, but can be extended and used for backward swimming, as in the true lobsters.
Lobsters are protected by law and are raised by several hatcheries on the New England coast; nevertheless, they are still in danger of extinction.
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 Lobsters
Although many studies suggested that lobsters are primarily scavengers, feeding on molluscs and decaying animal matter, recent studies have shown that they primarily feed on live fish, dig for clams, sea urchins, and feed on algae and eel-grass.
Lobster is most commonly cooked by placing a live whole lobster in a pot of boiling water.
Lobsters are usually shipped and sold with their claws banded to prevent them from injuring each other or the purchaser.
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 American Lobster
Lobsters shed their shells 2-3 times per year while juvenile, but only once a year or less often when fully mature, about 4 to 7 years old.
During lobster to lobster fights, one typical move is claw lock where the two lobsters will grab each other's crusher claw and have a showdown of muscle and shell strength.
For a lobster to be kept by fishermen in the United States, the carapace must span at least 3 and 1/4 inches (8.255 cm) between the eye socket and the first tail joint.
www.lobsterdelicious.com /en/american-lobster.html   (1380 words)

  
 Norway lobster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Norway lobster is particularly popular in Spain and Portugal where, although being cheaper than the European lobster, it tends to be eaten more on special occasions 
Norway lobsters are solitary predators, feeding mostly on molluscs and other crustaceans
The Norway lobster is an important species for fishery, mostly by trawling.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Norway_lobster   (315 words)

  
 Seafood - The Lobster Page
First we have the appearance of the lobster, for the lobster is not the Adonis of the ocean.
Woody may be right, as lobsters can be belligerent, and once taken into captivity, fishermen peg or tie the pincers, not only to protect the lobster lover, but also to spare their fellow lobsters.
The best lobster is the female lobster when she is 'berried' or carrying the packet of bright coral eggs under her tail.
www.inmamaskitchen.com /FOOD_IS_ART/lobster_article.html   (865 words)

  
 Responsible Fisheries - Stocks - Lobster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Norway lobster (nephrops) is widespread in the northeast Atlantic.
The Norway lobster fishing season traditionally extends from 15 May to 31 August, although fishing is permitted to the end of September.
Norway lobster is caught by nephrops trawl in Icelandic waters.
www.fisheries.is /stocks/lobster.htm   (242 words)

  
 Live Maine Lobsters and Fresh Seafood Delivered Overnight
Coldwater shrimp are wild-harvested from the northern waters of Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and the U.S. coasts of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and Maine.
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)

  
 Wikinfo | Lobster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Lobsters truly define the statement of “survival of the fittest” from Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.
The anatomy of the lobster includes the cephalothorax which is the head fused with the thorax, and the abdomen.
Because a lobster lives at the bottom of the ocean, vision is poor and instead the lobster uses its antennas as sensors.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Lobster   (266 words)

  
 Lobster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Lobsters are invertebrates, and have a tough exoskeleton, which protects them.
Lobsters are primarily scavengers, feeding on mollusks and decaying animal matter, but will also eat live fish, dig for clams, and feed on algae and eel-grass.
The lobster's head consists of antennae, antennules, mandibles, the first and second maxillae, and the first, second, and third maxillipeds.
lobster.iqnaut.net   (779 words)

  
 Other Lobster Species   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In France this lobster is called homard; in Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, it is a hummer.
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.
octopus.gma.org /lobsters/allaboutlobsters/species.html   (426 words)

  
 International Economics - A Comparison of Various Nations
One case in Norway that demonstrates the effects of fishing is the Puffin Colony on Rost Island, Norway.
Norway and the United Kingdom (U.K.) are the main oil producing countries in the North Sea and major oil fields within these two countries.
Norway is a country with large amounts of natural resources and ocean resources and hopefully, the country will continue to succeed in these areas.
www.k12.nf.ca /swiftcurrent/socio/norway.html   (2300 words)

  
 Hematodinium sp. of Norway Lobster
There was evidence of host cellular defense reactions in some lobsters, in the form of haemocyte encapsulation in the gills and heart, and phagocytosis of dinoflagellates by the fixed phagocytes of the hepatopancrease.
A Hematodinium-like dinoflagellate infection of the Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus: observations on pathology and progression of infection.
Infection by the dinoflagellate Hematodinium in the Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus L.) on the west coast of Scotland, United Kingdom.
www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca /sci/shelldis/pages/hemnorlo_e.htm   (941 words)

  
 Lobster: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
LOBSTER TALES by Jennifer Bogo It began when lobstermen throughout the Long Island Sound began pulling up their...now pinpointed for the massive die-off of commercial lobsters already existed in the Sound, but had multiplied in the...
LOBSTER marine crustacean with five pairs of jointed legs...crushing the shells of its prey.
As the lobster grows, the exoskeleton is periodically molted and a new...
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 Lobster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Lobsters are basic scavengers, feeding on mollusks and decaying animal matter.
Lobsters are not entirely scavengers, however; they also eat live fish, dig for clams, and feed on algae and eel grass.
Lobster is normally cooked by dumping them while live in a pot of boiling water.
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LEARN ABOUT THE LOBSTER 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 have an enlarged pair of pincers; the pincers of the Norway lobster are longer and thinner.
The Norway lobster is found around France, Scotland, Iceland, and Spain, and the European lobster exists mainly off Turkey, the British Isles, France, Italy, Norway, and Portugal.
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 Lobster farming in Norway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The most extensive projects was a lobster hatchery with production capacity of 130,000 juveniles for sea ranching per year established by the Tiedemann company (1981-1994) and the sea ranching programme PUSH conducted by Institute of Marine Research (1990-2001).
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   (859 words)

  
 LOBSTER (O.E. lopustre... - Online Information article about LOBSTER (O.E. lopustre...
LOBSTER (O.E. lopustre, lopystre, a corruption of Lat.
American lobster (Homarus americanus), which should perhaps be ranked as a variety rather than as a distinct See also:
The Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) is found, like the common lobster, from Norway to the Mediterranean.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /LOB_LUP/LOBSTER_OE_lopustre_lopystre_a_.html   (1048 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.
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 Lobsters
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.
Lobsters are primarily scavengers which means they will eat almost anything, dead or alive.
www.cyhaus.com /marine/lobsters.htm   (148 words)

  
 Lobsters. In: Marine Biodiversity - An Introduction. Author: Peter Dyrynda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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)

  
 Lobster!
The Norwegian study states that the lobster may be de-sensitized by placing it in a salt-solution 15 mins.
The quickest way to kill a lobster may be to insert a knife into its head and claw the head in two, thereby destroying two of the most important nerve clusters of the lobster.
The lobster is added to a frying pan, after the the intestines and stomach are removed.
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 The Food Timeline: history notes--lobster, crab & shrimp
The spiny lobsters are indubitably lobsters, bu they differ from the archetypal lobsters of the N. Atlantic in having no claws and in belonging to warmer waters.
There seem to be two primary versions of the lobster roll: one is a mayonnaise-based lobster salad sandwich and the other is simply composed of hearty chunks of fresh lobster meat drenched in butter.
A designation given to a method of preparing and cooking lobster in which the creature (up to this point alive) is cut in half and grilled, has its flesh sliced up and returned to the half shell in bechamel sauce with various added flavourings, and is then browned under the grill again and served.
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 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Lobster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Not according to the Maine Lobster Promotion Council, which launched a campaign this week to tag all their lobsters with a Maine label.
Studies have shown that the inefficient trap systemandmdash;which permits small, juvenile lobsters to easily escapeandmdash;has inadvertently prevented the lobster population from being overfished.
Also "lobster a la Newburg"...The dish was made famous at Delmonico's Restaurant in New York in 1876 when the recipe was brought to chef Charles Ranhofer by a West Indies sea captain named Ben Wenberg.
www.blinkbits.com /blinks/lobster   (1379 words)

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