Comments on: Giant Lobster Held For Ransom http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/ The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:04:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Pete http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-1438075 Pete Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:23:02 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/#comment-1438075 Hey folks, We released Wickford Willie today 2/2/2009 (there was only one lobster). This lobster was worth $1150.00 which was donated to the food pantry. Even though Willie did not get eaten he will feed many people, thanks to all who donated. Once again thank you, Pete Gardner's Wharf Seafood Hey folks,
We released Wickford Willie today 2/2/2009 (there was only one lobster). This lobster was worth $1150.00 which was donated to the food pantry. Even though Willie did not get eaten he will feed many people, thanks to all who donated.

Once again thank you,
Pete
Gardner's Wharf Seafood

]]> By: Adam Stanhope http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-1416239 Adam Stanhope Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:11:32 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/#comment-1416239 Yes, it is. Yes, it is. Yes, it is. Yes, it is.

Yes, it is.

Yes, it is.

]]> By: Lore http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-1415815 Lore Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:52:19 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/#comment-1415815 I've never had lobster.... is it good? I've never had lobster.... is it good?

]]> By: Lore http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-1415813 Lore Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:52:19 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/#comment-1415813 I've never had lobster.... is it good? I've never had lobster.... is it good?

]]> By: Lore http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-1415814 Lore Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:52:19 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/#comment-1415814 I've never had lobster.... is it good? I've never had lobster.... is it good?

]]> By: Lobster Vaws http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-1415566 Lobster Vaws Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:33:53 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/#comment-1415566 Save yourself Willie! Fight the Good Fight! We are Lobsters, hear us roar! (fyi - it's not just air escaping) Fight the Good Fight Brother! http://lobstervaws.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/mano-e-mano-no-lobstero-e-lobstero/ Save yourself Willie! Fight the Good Fight!

We are Lobsters, hear us roar! (fyi - it's not just air escaping)

Fight the Good Fight Brother!

http://lobstervaws.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/mano-e-mano-no-lobstero-e- lobstero/

]]> By: Miller http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-1415339 Miller Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:39:41 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/#comment-1415339 I've had a few like this before. And as far as the meat goes. Its honestly not as tough as people think! Theres really little difference. Unless of course you over cook it. I'm assuming thats what people usually do I've had a few like this before. And as far as the meat goes. Its honestly not as tough as people think! Theres really little difference. Unless of course you over cook it. I'm assuming thats what people usually do

]]> By: Adam Stanhope http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-1414515 Adam Stanhope Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:40:54 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/#comment-1414515 It looks like the maximum allowed carapace length of lobsters is between 5 and 5.5 inches, depending on the fishing grounds: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2008/octqtr/50cfr697.20.htm It looks like the maximum allowed carapace length of lobsters is between 5 and 5.5 inches, depending on the fishing grounds:

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2008/octqtr/50cfr697.20.htm

]]> By: Adam Stanhope http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-1414503 Adam Stanhope Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:32:53 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/#comment-1414503 They used to throw the big ones back, too. I'm not sure how/why/when the rules changed about throwing the biggest lobsters back, but it's only been in the past 15 years or so that massive lobsters like this one have been available to purchase. One way of maintaining the lobster fishery involves rules that lobsters UNDER a certain size must be thrown back into the ocean. Also, if a lobster is caught bearing eggs OUTSIDE ("glued" to the bottom-side of its tail), the back of the tail is notched with a V using a hand-tool, and the lobster is thrown back. The V marks that lobster as a fertile, mating, egg-bearing animal. Any time a lobster with a v-notch is caught the lobsterman (or lobsterwoman!) is obligated to return it to the deep. As for throwing back all lobsters ABOVE a certain size... It was certainly a practice at least into the 1980s. It may have been voluntary - I'm not certain. Maybe Luigi the Quahog guy knows. I'm in coastal Massachusetts and my next-door neighbor is a part-time lobsterman. They used to throw the big ones back, too. I'm not sure how/why/when the rules changed about throwing the biggest lobsters back, but it's only been in the past 15 years or so that massive lobsters like this one have been available to purchase.

One way of maintaining the lobster fishery involves rules that lobsters UNDER a certain size must be thrown back into the ocean. Also, if a lobster is caught bearing eggs OUTSIDE ("glued" to the bottom-side of its tail), the back of the tail is notched with a V using a hand-tool, and the lobster is thrown back. The V marks that lobster as a fertile, mating, egg-bearing animal. Any time a lobster with a v-notch is caught the lobsterman (or lobsterwoman!) is obligated to return it to the deep.

As for throwing back all lobsters ABOVE a certain size... It was certainly a practice at least into the 1980s. It may have been voluntary - I'm not certain.

Maybe Luigi the Quahog guy knows.

I'm in coastal Massachusetts and my next-door neighbor is a part-time lobsterman.

]]> By: Evilbeagle http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-1414335 Evilbeagle Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:42:32 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/#comment-1414335 I would rather eat it, but at least this guy is using a gimmick for a good cause. I would rather eat it, but at least this guy is using a gimmick for a good cause.

]]> By: V.M.L. http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-1413854 V.M.L. Sun, 25 Jan 2009 07:30:21 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/#comment-1413854 Aww...the animal rights activist in me wants to free that lobster. Poor thing. :( Aww...the animal rights activist in me wants to free that lobster. Poor thing. :(

]]> By: Marilyn Terrell http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-1413847 Marilyn Terrell Sun, 25 Jan 2009 07:24:16 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/#comment-1413847 @Ant: love the Simpsons reference! @Ant: love the Simpsons reference!

]]> By: Christophe http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-1413640 Christophe Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:04:35 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/#comment-1413640 Just make sure you steam it, not boil it. ... Hu?... What?... it's about releasing it?... Why? Just make sure you steam it, not boil it.

... Hu?... What?... it's about releasing it?... Why?

]]> By: Adam Stanhope http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-1413545 Adam Stanhope Sun, 25 Jan 2009 03:59:59 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/#comment-1413545 The claw meat on massive lobsters like that is like eating a little bit of heaven. The claw meat on massive lobsters like that is like eating a little bit of heaven.

]]> By: Luigi http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-1413524 Luigi Sun, 25 Jan 2009 03:45:53 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/#comment-1413524 I live in tiverton ri. My dad quohogs so I know about seafood. People have been donating I live in tiverton ri. My dad quohogs so I know about seafood. People have been donating

]]> By: Kathy http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-1413388 Kathy Sun, 25 Jan 2009 03:04:18 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/#comment-1413388 To donate you have to visit the store. How many people live close enough that are interested in donating? To donate you have to visit the store. How many people live close enough that are interested in donating?

]]> By: PJ http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-1413104 PJ Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:39:06 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/#comment-1413104 Just be sure to take off the rubber bands before throwing it back. Just be sure to take off the rubber bands before throwing it back.

]]> By: sw http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-1413092 sw Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:35:40 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/#comment-1413092 this is another one. at least he's trying to raise money for the food bank, but it's cheaper just to buy the thing at market value to set it free this is another one. at least he's trying to raise money for the food bank, but it's cheaper just to buy the thing at market value to set it free

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-1412852 ted Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:24:31 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/#comment-1412852 I thought they already let it go. Or is this another one? I thought they already let it go. Or is this another one?

]]> By: Ant http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-1412723 Ant Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:50:17 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/#comment-1412723 Pinchy! Pinchy!

]]> By: GailW http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-1412560 GailW Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:00:29 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/#comment-1412560 "Throw it back!" :) "Throw it back!" :)

]]> By: Ali S. http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-1412559 Ali S. Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:00:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/#comment-1412559 Nyah, see! Fork over the money! Or, else the lobster gets it, see! Nyah! And just to show you we ain't messin' around...Jimmy...get the pot of water boilin' and the butter meltin'. Nyah! Nyah, see! Fork over the money! Or, else the lobster gets it, see! Nyah! And just to show you we ain't messin' around...Jimmy...get the pot of water boilin' and the butter meltin'. Nyah!

]]> By: Gauldar http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-1411895 Gauldar Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:07:10 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/#comment-1411895 Reminds me of an article I read regarding all fishing humans have done over the years, and how evelotionary traits have been forced into their development. There have always been rules to throwing back the smaller (which some people assume to be younger) fish/shellfish, but with this happening there has been upto a 30% decrease in size over all these years. I hope we start throwing back the large ones and reverse the screw ups, but that won't happen any time soon, let along the time required for life itself to develop those changes. Reminds me of an article I read regarding all fishing humans have done over the years, and how evelotionary traits have been forced into their development. There have always been rules to throwing back the smaller (which some people assume to be younger) fish/shellfish, but with this happening there has been upto a 30% decrease in size over all these years. I hope we start throwing back the large ones and reverse the screw ups, but that won't happen any time soon, let along the time required for life itself to develop those changes.

]]> By: Gauldar http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-1411861 Gauldar Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:57:18 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/#comment-1411861 If they get too old and big the flesh is too tough. If they get too old and big the flesh is too tough.

]]> By: akhan246 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-1411853 akhan246 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:54:37 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/24/giant-lobster-held-for-ransom/#comment-1411853 I'm getting hungry just looking at him. I'm getting hungry just looking at him.

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