The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-05
FOR LOBSTER SALAD.
introduction Of the Crnstacean
Into Puget Sound.
csowqne NEAR PORT TOWNSEND


i Pr LcExkEE1. SE1e IA TX t10-
sars Milne Edwards, Of the United
$500 .sh commission. s-belongS 20 the
Issnexs c-uzp q the er1stfce, the so-czllsd
s asrxruSs OF sen-fooseo cruszacesns- The
49, ind their allies among the com
- fzesk water crsvhsh Of our rivers and
80 rr<xrns with which they agree
err<frazsy IN most particular The
.r;,en1s & He-snce is As 70 the number Of
~ Il which there are twenty perfect
SO esrh size Of the lobster and only
1sen 90 eaghtssn 10 each side OF the
- The great c.aw or man
- Of the lobster ts an
49, distinguishing fes.zare, being in
- adult SPECIES larger than the whole
~. wsile Il the craFhsh Il does not e1-
- Il size that Of the common crab.
Yhnx i variety Of river crxyfsh which
- uienfiful IN I'll the bays and iniets Of
Prrrf soasd. which have been mistaken
= nany persons for lobster. bu: the diff
fsrrncs Is rerceptihle 81 Q glance by Al
o7er1
sEosRsFEIeAl asssE.
IL American lobster ranges .long the
hfznnsze coast from Delaware 20 Labrador.
HI fxsfhess southern limit seems 10 be the
sunrheax5ern corner Of Virginia The
vS6nsfy Of the Delaware break water can be
rexsrded with greater certainty a. their
pouthsrn limit From tia. point. along
ne Jersey rosst lotssters hare been re-
corsed IL few r.sces. but are nowhere
serr abundant Al one time they we're
sbundars In Sew York bay. b1s the essab-
inh1nsn. Of large factories which have pol
trted the waters, Is vel Is the sewage
Enm Yes Yerk. Brooklyn and Jersey City,
hsre nearly externinzsed them Through
ED Lonz Island sound Holsters are
nadevssely abundant. and become more
,en<ifal in the vicinity Of Fishers island
Hack island and Montauk point The
Ensbssh islands, Mar1bs's yineyard and
yeMsn's Land furnish important sum
m Exhing.
Ywsy ali the favorable localities On the
unneknsests coast abound with iobsters
xw Hampshire supports limited lob
arfxhery
he Maine coast excels al others Of the
pztes Il the abundance Of Holsters which
~ more or less evenly distributed from
Portland TO E2stpors. The fishery for
Maine Is nuch greater than for all the
mixing next
The Provincial coast, or NJ least the Nova
ecotizn part Of il. Is said % be more pro-
Ehc Of Holsters than Maine We have
Little data as TO the relative abundance Of
Holsters on the Newfoundland and Labrs-
dor coast, but they are apparently less
common than TO the south.
RANGE or THE LOBSTER
The lobster ranges IN depth from about
low water mark 90 at least eighty fathoms.
especially during the winter. At East
port, and elsewhere on the Maine coast, IN
the summer they are occasionally left
upon the shore by the receding tide.
either concealed under stones and seaweed
or partially buried In the sand During
the same season they mar also be fire.
onensiy seen about the wh&rves Of some
Of the Maine sescozsf towns. attracted
there BY the refuse thrown over from the
cxnneTies.
HOLSTERS have BEEN recorded from the
fishing banks of Nova Scotia. from the
fishing banks and lodges Of Maine, such as
yeFrey's ledge, Casbe's ledge, and from
other more southern oE-shore banks
There is. however no off-shore lobster
fishery Al those places
CHARACTER OF THE BOTTOM
Holsters prefer rocky, gravelly and sandy
battons. and, IN shoal wafers, especially
these which are more or less covered with
kip and other large sea weeds; vegetation
i nes- however. essential 70 their we'll
being, Scr they live on the barren sands,
n ~ Provinceiown. Cape Cod. and on
rceky, ssony. and hard bottoms. wherever
they ckz find food Al the mouth Of the
Bwa Fuaday they are said 20 occasional
lrorrr on the mud. and this fact Is also
ssoorded OF them IN other localities
NaskATIoxs-
Lchssers do not move from place 70 place
b shoals like fish. but seem 70 keep within
ssnited seope Of the locality whsre they
WIRE born, inhAbiTing the shoaaer grounds
h srnnsr, and moving into deeper water
On The approach Of oold weather, returning
again esch spring In some localities.
horeve-. few Holsters are said 10 remain
In moderately shosi water the entire wear.
especially toward the south, where prob
AIR the temperature Is more or less
sEeeaed by the Influences Of the gulf
sfresr-
10 .KTg LoKsTEEs FOUND NATIVE IN TIE
PACIFIC orEAS.
Professor Richard Rafhharn. II the hui
lefsn a The United States fish commission.
volnTne s. ISIS, page AS. says; The gen
rine HOLSTERS of the North Atlantic ocezn
hare no true representatives or the Psci6c
eessf q the North American continent.
where the only erusi2cean north o. Point
-
ue-clAl recognition Is the large crab. Caa-
o. reaessacv South Of Point Conception
We ind the so-cslled s7iny lobster
Or sal; wsfer crAytsh. Faiias-ass
fnse-spgSs. which ranges south
ward 10 Mexico. Some persons
nOs acquainted xith the facts have 5sa-e-
esie6 tie trAnsplanfsng Of the East coast
species on the assumption that the West
caass already has It's lobster in TIE Pa!fzs-
~ rs; referred to
he so-eAlse6 sYlny holsters. O. lczcoas-
b. &C the French. form q large and cor
sFacnOns groGp distributed throughout the
warmer parts o the globe On the Pscs6e
cossi the sEiny lobster Is confined 70 the
southwark Of Point Conception. whsch, 10
zone extent marks the dividing line be-
tween warmer and colder fauna The
s@sae 2nansaces Temperature rnainlyl
Which thus reS.-Sc. "a. rsnr. ~
Is.s@a'r' 70 tie sonSh OF Point
sonesFs'a0T, woald limit the range Of TIE
tae iof'sies 70 the ao-sh Of thar point. and
n Oh ,ae Atlsni2e coast the lobster ranges
iro1a Delaware 70 Lzh-.ao-. being rr1ost
aenncsn' Between the Cape Cod regioa al
Massachusetts, and the 6zlf Of i law
renee Sna Newfoundland. il voals s@~-a
taat tie proper conditions are u he s,pns
u the North Pacific reg5on from California
&c Alaska as similar conditions =, ss,,.s'