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’
THE SEAS
CRUSTACEANS
Of the edible Crustacean shellsh the largest and most
valuable are the European and American lobsters (H omdms
gammams, and Homa7us americanus).
The former (Plate
113) live in comparatively shallow water just below lowwater mark and are especially common Where there is a
rough hard bottom, in the crevices of which they nd
_shelter, darting out at the approach of food.
They occur
along the coasts of Europe from the Mediterranean to Norway
.
but the most important lobster sheries are found in the
more Northern regions especially Norway, Scotland, Eng— .
land, Ireland, and Heligoland, the usual methods of capture
being by means of traps known as “ Lobster pots
”
or
_
“
creels.”. Some of these are of Wickerwork, rounded with
'
a at, bottom and'a tunnel—shaped opening on the top.—
rather like a saÏëtÿ inkwell—so that the lobsters ‘
can
easily enter but usually fail to nd their way out ; others
are
in the form of a half-cylinder with a framework of
wood
and 'netting.
These
traps are usually fastened
'
.
together with rope having cork buoys atthe‘ ends, and before
they are placed imposition are baited with pieces of stale ‘
.
meat.
Eine specimens of this lobster may attain a weight
_
of ten pounds, and specimens of fourteen pounds have been
‘
caught, but the American lobster, almost exactly like the
European species in other respe’cts, groWs much larger
and may attain a weight of twenty-three pounds.
It
'
is
the Atlantic coast of North America— from
Labrador to New, England,“ and the collection and canning
of lobsters forms an important industry in Canada, Newfoundland, and New England.
_
In many regions lobstem
have been caught ‘in such numbers as seriously‘ to affect the
sheries, and , protective measures of: various kinds have
been tried ; in some places it is illegal to \take from the
‘
’
THE SEAS
CRUSTACEANS
Of the edible Crustacean shellsh the largest and most
valuable are the European and American lobsters (H omdms
gammams, and Homa7us americanus).
The former (Plate
113) live in comparatively shallow water just below lowwater mark and are especially common Where there is a
rough hard bottom, in the crevices of which they nd
_shelter, darting out at the approach of food.
They occur
along the coasts of Europe from the Mediterranean to Norway
.
but the most important lobster sheries are found in the
more Northern regions especially Norway, Scotland, Eng— .
land, Ireland, and Heligoland, the usual methods of capture
being by means of traps known as “ Lobster pots
”
or
_
“
creels.”. Some of these are of Wickerwork, rounded with
'
a at, bottom and'a tunnel—shaped opening on the top.—
rather like a saÏëtÿ inkwell—so that the lobsters ‘
can
easily enter but usually fail to nd their way out ; others
are
in the form of a half-cylinder with a framework of
wood
and 'netting.
These
traps are usually fastened
'
.
together with rope having cork buoys atthe‘ ends, and before
they are placed imposition are baited with pieces of stale ‘
.
meat.
Eine specimens of this lobster may attain a weight
_
of ten pounds, and specimens of fourteen pounds have been
‘
caught, but the American lobster, almost exactly like the
European species in other respe’cts, groWs much larger
and may attain a weight of twenty-three pounds.
It
'
is
the Atlantic coast of North America— from
Labrador to New, England,“ and the collection and canning
of lobsters forms an important industry in Canada, Newfoundland, and New England.
_
In many regions lobstem
have been caught ‘in such numbers as seriously‘ to affect the
sheries, and , protective measures of: various kinds have
been tried ; in some places it is illegal to \take from the