The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-17
THE VANISHING LOBSTER.
FRS SIZE, GETTING SMALLER AND
IRIS PRICE BIGGER.

ing Served In OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Scarcity of Lobsters-Their Weekne"
OF Reasoning and FiEht'ns ROVER
The man who is in the habit Of dropping into
d restaurant In these days and ordering broilcd
live lobster has probably observed with painful
surprise that the ratio between the size and the
price IL steadily Increasing In favor Of the price.
For go cents he can now obtain about as much
lobster meat as he would And In three Little Neck
clans In addition 10 this he must have noticed
that Holsters with one claw missing are more
frequently served now, and II he carried pocket
rule he would probably also discover that al ieas'
so per cent Of the HOLSTERS served TO him were
below the legal requirements Of nine inches In
length n he thinks the claws have been taken
of by the cook TO make into salad he Is mistaken
The lobster lost them in fight II he calls atcn.
ton 10 the short length he will be informed that the
rule now IL TO measure from the tail TO the tip
Of the claws not to the nose
The fact Of tho matter is that Holsters are be-
coming extremely scarce and that where whole
sale dealers formerly shipped thousand pounds
a day they now think hundred pounds fair
average A good lobster for broiling should
weigh a little more than half a pound. and one
that weighed two pounds would be considered
large the average being about pound So
great has been the demand for Holsters during
the past few years that the fisherman no longer
pu, the small ones back into the water again,
hut take everything they find In the pots. 50 that
the breed is gradually thinning gu, and Holsters
Of large size three or four pounds are very rarely
taken Those that arc 100 small for the market
the fishermen eat themselves. and as they broil
the little fellows. in which there 10 not much but
the tails. 1, takes about half dozen Ia make a
meal for one
The lobster industry is pursued all along the
New England coasts by a class Of men who like
to be their own bosses and who have other occu
pltions To all in their time The ouiflt for lobster
ing Is more expensive thnn lof any other kind
Of fishing. but the profits ere IL proportion The
season usally begins in Spring aud lnsts until
the hsst frosts in December Dirinc the winter
months !, is not worth while To set out lobster
pots unless the condiors arc very favorable
for lifting them regularly
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other means Of obtaining a livelihood he must
frs, prosidc himself with good boat Small
catbJals. sloops and sharrcs nrc frequently
used hut Inc 10 foot Aat bottom row hnat r.
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