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The most important lobster species on the West Coast of the United States is the California spiny lobster, Panulirus interruptus. [16] Recreational lobster fishers in California must abide by a legal catch limit of seven lobsters per day and a minimum body length of 3.25 inches (83 mm), measured from the eye socket to the edge of the carapace. [17]
Lobster is fished in water between 2 and 900 metres (1 and 500 fathoms), although some lobsters live at 3,700 metres (2,000 fathoms). Cages are of plastic-coated galvanized steel or wood. A lobster fisher may tend to as many as 2,000 traps. Around the year 2000, owing to overfishing and high demand, lobster aquaculture expanded. [86]
On this European lobster, the right claw (on the left side of the image) is the crusher and the left claw is the cutter.. Homarus gammarus is a large crustacean, with a body length up to 60 centimetres (24 in) and weighing up to 5–6 kilograms (11–13 lb), although the lobsters caught in lobster pots are usually 23–38 cm (9–15 in) long and weigh 0.7–2.2 kg (1.5–4.9 lb). [3]
According to Guinness World Records, the heaviest crustacean ever recorded was an American lobster caught off Nova Scotia, Canada, weighing 20.1 kg (44.4 lb). [ 13 ] [ 14 ] The closest relative of H. americanus is the European lobster, Homarus gammarus .
Daniel Goethel holds up a lobster, which was returned to the ocean because it is larger than the maximum size allowed for lobstering in the Gulf of Maine. In the 1970s, there was a boom in the ...
A rare 'opal' lobster caught last week is getting a lot of online attention -- and the explanation for its odd coloring is even more interesting. Lobsterman stunned to find incredibly rare ...
The California spiny lobster is one of the largest spiny lobster species, [4] and grows up to 60 centimeters (24 in) long, but does not usually exceed 30 cm (12 in). [3] Males can weigh up to 7.4 kilograms (16 lb)., [4] with the record being a 16 lbs., 1 oz. male caught off Catalina island in 1968. The upper side of the animal is brownish red ...
Despite the poor visibility, he managed to shoot a red grouper with his speargun and one of his dive buddies caught a few lobsters. Catching lobsters is much easier when they are walking.