Lobster Fact Blog

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 , and fish do not filter plankton from seawater, so they are safe to eat during an outbreak of red tide.

Source: Red Tide