How Lobster goes from the sea to your plate

the_tyrant · 07-12-14, 10:41 AM

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Wolferz · 07-12-14, 05:41 PM

I'm glad I don't eat creatures with exoskeletons.

u crank · 07-12-14, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolferz

I'm glad I don't eat creatures with exoskeletons.

I have no such prejudices.

Around here, Prince Edward Island, you can get them directly from the fishermen for the same price that they are paid for them. It's unbelievable how the price goes up as they change hands. It was not a good spring season for the lobster fishermen this year. Big catch, low price, some had a hard time even finding buyers for their catch. Many will head to the Alberta oil patch to make boat payments. Again.

Wolferz · 07-13-14, 05:18 AM

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Originally Posted by u crank

I have no such prejudices.

Around here, Prince Edward Island, you can get them directly from the fishermen for the same price that they are paid for them. It's unbelievable how the price goes up as they change hands. It was not a good spring season for the lobster fishermen this year. Big catch, low price, some had a hard time even finding buyers for their catch. Many will head to the Alberta oil patch to make boat payments. Again.

Middle men and futures speculators will always drive up the price of a commodity.

Especially if there are those who will pay the inflated prices.
Yet another reason I don't consume such critters.

07-13-14, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Wolferz

I'm glad I don't eat creatures with exoskeletons.

That is just wrong.
How can you enjoy life to the full without a regular feast of scallops?

Tango589 · 07-13-14, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Wolferz

I'm glad I don't eat creatures with exoskeletons.

You mean you don't eat prawns?

Wolferz · 07-13-14, 08:20 AM

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You mean you don't eat prawns?

Nope. I do eat vegetables, even though shucking the wheel chairs can be a pain.

swamprat69er · 07-13-14, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Wolferz

Nope. I do eat vegetables, even though shucking the wheel chairs can be a pain.

Jimbuna · 07-15-14, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Wolferz

I'm glad I don't eat creatures with exoskeletons.

Can't interest you in some crabs then?

Mr Quatro · 07-15-14, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Can't interest you in some crabs then?

Crabs and Lobsters eat anything they can catch or find on the bottom of the ocean or bay or inlets they habitat in. I don't know what shrimp eat, but they crawl around on the bottom killing little minnows I guess with all of the clicking they do.

Bottom feeders don't lead you to live a healthy life style even though drenched in butter or horseradish/ketchup sauce or even horseradish/mayo and pickle relish sauce doesn't make the bottom feeder more healthy for your tummy ... just more appetizing.

On a side note: Red Lobster has gone broke and another investment group has taken them over.

Seafood is on the decline in the USA

Wolferz · 07-15-14, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

Crabs and Lobsters eat anything they can catch or find on the bottom of the ocean or bay or inlets they habitat in. I don't know what shrimp eat, but they crawl around on the bottom killing little minnows I guess with all of the clicking they do.

Bottom feeders don't lead you to live a healthy life style even though drenched in butter or horseradish/ketchup sauce or even horseradish/mayo and pickle relish sauce doesn't make the bottom feeder more healthy for your tummy ... just more appetizing.

On a side note: Red Lobster has gone broke and another investment group has taken them over.

Seafood is on the decline in the USA

Not to mention all the mercury. Make you mad as a hatter it will.

ExFishermanBob · 07-15-14, 01:14 PM

We used to keep a few lobsters back each week (particularly in summer) and keep them in boxes in the sea (on moorings) so that we'd have plenty to sell come the week before Christmas, when the off-the-boat price was very high indeed. You could get caught out if you couldn't get to the mooring because of a force 9 (the buyers usually came only once a week).
It was always tough because the funds were tight in the summer - but we could usually catch our bait rather than buy it at that time of year (plus you could always eat the bait, if it was fresh).

From the Hebrides, lobsters tend to go to Spain and the med, along with velvet crab (which are a handy by-catch, previously discarded) and the green shore-crabs, which also used to be a by-catch, prawns (langoustine) and crayfish.

We used to hand-haul backs of a dozen creels, set at 20 fathoms, with 20 fathoms between them - we couldn't afford a hydraulic hauler. We would always put large (and therefore tasteless) and female lobsters back, to preserve the stocks.

Times are hard, though - the last time I was back at Otternis, there wasn't a single boat on a mooring, not one. And on Berneray na Hearadh, I saw fewer boats in the harbour last year.

I think I'll take a few creels onto U51 and drop them as we pass North Uist.

nikimcbee · 07-15-14, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Can't interest you in some crabs then?

You should probably see the doctor for that!

Wolferz · 07-15-14, 04:14 PM

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You should probably see the doctor for that!

Or get some kerosene.

07-15-14, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolferz

Not to mention all the mercury. Make you mad as a hatter it will.

If you want to minimise the mercury eat the bottom feeders, its the pelagic fish that have high levels.
So tuck in to the mullet, flounder, oysters and lobster, but avoid the tuna and don't eat the dolphins.

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ExFishermanBob Difficulties Numbing Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: AN19 Posts: 470 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	We used to keep a few lobsters back each week (particularly in summer) and keep them in boxes in the sea (on moorings) so that we'd have plenty to sell come the week before Christmas, when the off-the-boat price was very high indeed. You could get caught out if you couldn't get to the mooring because of a force 9 (the buyers usually came only once a week). It was always tough because the funds were tight in the summer - but we could usually catch our bait rather than buy it at that time of year (plus you could always eat the bait, if it was fresh). From the Hebrides, lobsters tend to go to Spain and the med, along with velvet crab (which are a handy by-catch, previously discarded) and the green shore-crabs, which also used to be a by-catch, prawns (langoustine) and crayfish. We used to hand-haul backs of a dozen creels, set at 20 fathoms, with 20 fathoms between them - we couldn't afford a hydraulic hauler. We would always put large (and therefore tasteless) and female lobsters back, to preserve the stocks. Times are hard, though - the last time I was back at Otternis, there wasn't a single boat on a mooring, not one. And on Berneray na Hearadh, I saw fewer boats in the harbour last year. I think I'll take a few creels onto U51 and drop them as we pass North Uist.