Harry Krause wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:

I think we all have learned more than we knew about Lobsters before
this thread started, isn't that what the NG is all about, learning
something new, sharing that info. If you had asked any of the Lobster
men or even the locals about the Lobster Pounds they would have told
you they were holding pens, not "growing pens". Sometimes you learn
much more by asking questions and listening. I had a college
professor tell me you never learn anything when you are talking. His
point was to get us to learn how to ask probing questions and then
shut up. It is amazing how much you can learn when you are not talking.


Yawn. Think this through, college graduate. You put 100 1 pound lobsters
in a pound or pen located in an enclosed area in salt water, pretty much
their natural environment. You tend the pen carefully, and you feed the
lobsters regularly. The ocean waves, currents and flow flush in fresh
water and flush out wastes and scraps.

You pull the lobsters out after X amount of time.

The lobsters now weigh:

1 pound
less than 1 pound
more than 1 pound


Now, if the lobsters you pull out weigh more than 1 pound,
did they grow?

If not, please explain the weight gain.

Thank you.

See it is amazing how much you learned from reading the web pages, that
is the same thing I learned when I read the web pages, except the pens
are used waiting for Market Pricing not waiting for the Lobsters to grow
to legal size. I really didn't know much about the Lobster Industry,
and I don't pretend to know much, but I do know they are not allowed to
harvest undersized Lobsters and keep them in "growing pens" waiting for
them to become legal size. Anyone who had seen a Lobster Man raise one
Lobster trap would have known they NEVER HOLD A LOBSTER WAITING FOR IT
TO GROW TO LEGAL SIZE. Lobster Men are smart enough to know their
industry depends upon the lobsters reproducing, they are not going to be
illegally harvesting illegal sized lobsters and "growing them in
pounds". Even if they looked at everything short sited they are not
risk the heavy fines by illegally harvesting undersized Lobsters.

As I said, since we had this discussion, you know much more about the
Lobster Industry and how Lobster Men harvest their traps and how they
utilize pounds, then you did after your 3 weeks in Maine. That is one
of the great things about NG discussions is how much one can learn from
others.