Supermarket chain Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. was charged earlier this year with illegal possession, transportation and sale of undersized spiny lobster. According to a statement made by the U.S Attorney’s Office in Miami Florida, the company faces possible fines and probation of up to five years. The charges come as the Jacksonville-based chain is working to […]
Teams of robot lobsters may someday scour land and sea, using their artificial snouts to root out […]
An extremely rare crab was pulled from the Chesapeake Bay in June 2003, and is only second documented case of bilateral gynandromorphy among crabs in recorded history. The phenomenon known as bilateral gynandromorphy is when an animal carries characteristics of both males and females of their species. This condition has also been seen among moths, […]
Former rugby league stars Terry Hill and Scott Fulton will have to pay more than $7000 each after being caught tampering with lobster pots in a sting. The duo, who are brothers-in-law, were filmed at a commercial lobster man’s pots on the Hawkesbury River near Broken Bay, on December 29 last year. The old team-mates […]
Piled three feet thick, spider crabs are swarming off the coast of Australia. Stacked 10 crabs high, the swarm covers the […]
The most costly lobster we had seen, up until today, was a $3,700 lobster constructed of silver and glass. It doesn’t seem all that impressive now that this strikingly realistic solid gold lobster has come to our attention. The lobster is made from 1.1-lbs of pure gold and is intricately worked down to the last […]
This is an interesting editorial from the Boston Globe. What do you think about it?
Tasty Testing
By: Brian Mcgrory
Don’t get me wrong: I love Maine. I love the beauty of its harbors, the sensibility of its people, the cleanliness of its air.
But I have to ask: Who’s the certifiably obnoxious lunkhead up there who devised the […]
Everyone has heard the phrase “you are what you eat”. It’s valid to a degree for humans, but for the American Lobster, it couldn’t ring more true. Lobsters eat more lobster than anything! 18% of a lobster’s diet consists of other lobsters. The lobster’s second favorite food is the crab (it is attracted to this […]
Boring clams can sink a ship! One of them, the misnamed Teredo Ship worm, earned its name by ruining wooden boats. In reality, it is not a worm at all, but a clam, and it can bore through a six-inch plank of wood in less than one year. They will attack any wooden structure in […]
This is a very peculiar story. Although you have male and female shrimp, some male shrimp may become female shrimp in the course of their life (after 2 years or so). If this does not sound as a complicated business, the next link in the chain will. Shrimp can only mate with each other when […]