Oversized lobster Q

[taggermike]

Nothing wrong with letting the big ones go but that they are not good eating is BS. Mike

[Harry Hill]

I thought I read that after they get to a certain size they are no longer good breeders either. Not that I have done any hooping yet but I read a lot of stuff and seem to remember reading that the really big ones are past their prime and it isn't necessary to release them unless it just makes you feel good to let something go that has survived so many years.

[Saba Slayer]

Originally Posted by Harry Hill

I thought I read that after they get to a certain size they are no longer good breeders either. Not that I have done any hooping yet but I read a lot of stuff and seem to remember reading that the really big ones are past their prime and it isn't necessary to release them unless it just makes you feel good to let something go that has survived so many years.

Where did you read that?
Lobsters produce eggs exponentially to their size...so a really big female produces 10x times as many eggs as a bug that is half as small.
Large lobsters can only mate with another large lobster...anything smaller and they may eat the smaller bug.
During the Lobster FMP meetings with DFW we talked about a slot limit as some other states do (releasing the small and big bugs and just keeping a medium size). But the DFW biologists didn't think it was an efficient way to go with regulating the resource.

[Harry Hill]

Originally Posted by Saba Slayer

Where did you read that?
Lobsters produce eggs exponentially to their size...so a really big female produces 10x times as many eggs as a bug that is half as small.
Large lobsters can only mate with another large lobster...anything smaller and they may eat the smaller bug.
During the Lobster FMP meetings with DFW we talked about a slot limit as some other states do (releasing the small and big bugs and just keeping a medium size). But the DFW biologists didn't think it was an efficient way to go with regulating the resource.

Jim, I can't remember right now where I read it but if I come across it again I will share it with you. It seems there are always conflicting opinions around about everything. I don't know enough about lobsters to say one way or the other.