2.7 Lobsters
Questions
1. How has the catch of lobsters changed over the past 15 years in the state of Maine?
The amount of lobsters caught has almost tripled compared to 15 years ago. 56.7 million pounds.
2. What does Walter Day suggest needs to be done to keep the industry flourishing?
Walter said, “just let us do what we’ve been doing, and otherwise let us alone.”
3. What are shorts?
Lobster that are small to keep.
4. What are eggers?
Females carrying masses of roe on their underbellies.
5. How are females carrying eggs marked? Why do they do this?
You mark them by cutting a small v – shaped notch in their tails. They do this so other lobstermen would know their breeding stock and must be thrown back.
6. Why are oversized lobsters also thrown back?
Oversized lobsters are considered “super studs” that produce bumper crops of young.
7. Besides following the rules closely, what are some other ways the lobstermen of Vinalhaven protect the lobster crop?
They do not tolerate the kind of cheating often reported before the big lobster crash that hit early last century, when many lobstermen caught and kept illegal lobsters and even scraped the roe off females so they could sell eggers.
8. Besides the lobstermen's efforts, what are other factors that may be influencing the numbers of lobsters?
A steep decline of predatory fish and a new oceanography that allows larvae to flow into their “nursery”.
9. There are signs that the numbers may be dropping. What are the plans to try and keep the industry booming?
Maine will be putting in more rules and regulations on how many lobster traps each lobsterman can use and a ban on outsiders trapping in their waters.
10. Would you become a lobsterman if you could? Why or why not?
Personally, I would not. I want to become a homicide investigator or a forensic scientist.
In this article they talked about LOBSTERS. The lobster industry managed to triple itself in the last 15 years. This article explained how some
1. How has the catch of lobsters changed over the past 15 years in the state of Maine?
The amount of lobsters caught has almost tripled compared to 15 years ago. 56.7 million pounds.
2. What does Walter Day suggest needs to be done to keep the industry flourishing?
Walter said, “just let us do what we’ve been doing, and otherwise let us alone.”
3. What are shorts?
Lobster that are small to keep.
4. What are eggers?
Females carrying masses of roe on their underbellies.
5. How are females carrying eggs marked? Why do they do this?
You mark them by cutting a small v – shaped notch in their tails. They do this so other lobstermen would know their breeding stock and must be thrown back.
6. Why are oversized lobsters also thrown back?
Oversized lobsters are considered “super studs” that produce bumper crops of young.
7. Besides following the rules closely, what are some other ways the lobstermen of Vinalhaven protect the lobster crop?
They do not tolerate the kind of cheating often reported before the big lobster crash that hit early last century, when many lobstermen caught and kept illegal lobsters and even scraped the roe off females so they could sell eggers.
8. Besides the lobstermen's efforts, what are other factors that may be influencing the numbers of lobsters?
A steep decline of predatory fish and a new oceanography that allows larvae to flow into their “nursery”.
9. There are signs that the numbers may be dropping. What are the plans to try and keep the industry booming?
Maine will be putting in more rules and regulations on how many lobster traps each lobsterman can use and a ban on outsiders trapping in their waters.
10. Would you become a lobsterman if you could? Why or why not?
Personally, I would not. I want to become a homicide investigator or a forensic scientist.
In this article they talked about LOBSTERS. The lobster industry managed to triple itself in the last 15 years. This article explained how some