Red Tide Fact:
You can eat lobster when there is a shellfish ban! Lobsters , unlike mussels, oysters, and clams, are not “filter feeders.” Filter feeders pump seawater, and any plankton or pollution it carries, through their bodies. Any toxins in the water will be concentrated in their flesh. Meat eaters like lobsters , crab , […]
Nutritional Lobster Fact:
Nutrition studies show that 3 1/2 ounces of lobster meat (without the butter) contains only 90 calories, compared to 163 calories for the same amount of chicken and 280 calories for sirloin steak. Lobster also contains omega-3 fatty acids, the “good ” cholesterol that seems to reduce hardening of the arteries and decrease […]
Lobster Fact:
Typically fresh lobsters will appear greenish-brown in color, but there are also rare blue, yellow, red and white (albino) lobsters. All but the Albino turn red when cooked. The true, rare albino lobster remains pure white, even after cooking!
King Crab Fact:
King crabs are a family of crab-like decapod crustaceans chiefly found in cold seas. Their large size means that many species are widely caught and sold as food. King crabs are generally believed to be derived from hermit crab ancestors, which may explain the asymmetry still found in the adult forms. Although some […]
Clam Fact:
Clams are shelled marine or freshwater mollusks belonging to the class Bivalvia. The term “clam” has no taxonomic significance in biology, but is often used to refer to any bivalve (a mollusk whose body is protected by two symmetrical shells) that is not an oyster, mussel, or a scallop, and that has a more-or-less […]
Mussel Fact:
Mussels are bivalves, having two equally shaped shells linked together on one side by a hinge structure. Like most bivalves, mussels are filter feeders. They eat by pumping water through a set of gill filaments which filter out small particles such as phytoplankton, zoo plankton and other organic material. Sediment is discharged while food […]
Shrimp Fact:
Shrimp are crustaceans, like lobster and crab. They possess a hard outer shell (exoskeleton) and must shed this shell in order to grow. Cold water shrimp are protandric hermaphrodites, that is, they undergo a change of sex in mid-life, starting out as males and then becoming females in their fourth year.
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Snow Crab Fact:
This crustacean, whose body is almost perfectly circular, has five pair of long, flattened legs, the first of which sport strong claws. The shell is light brown on the back and creamy white on the belly. The male reaches a much greater girth than the female and generally only males reach legal catch […]
Lobster Fact:
The lobster is amazingly versatile and every part of the animal can be put to a variety of culinary uses. The empty shells can be used in bisques or for lobster au gratin; the tomalley provides extraordinary flavor for spreads, butters, sauces or dips; the coral presents an unusually colorful garnish for hors d’oeuvres […]
Lobster Fact:
All Lobsters living together, whether in tanks or in territories on the ocean bottom, soon establish a hierarchy of dominance. They usually fight once, sometimes with great ferocity, to determine who will become the boss. The winner, not surprisingly, is usually the larger and more aggressive one, but occasionally a smaller but tougher opponent […]