N.B. hatchery releasing 10,000 baby lobsters into ocean

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Keg: Sep 22, 2014

http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/n-b-hatchery-releasing-10-000-baby-lobsters-into-ocean-1.2465786

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They look more like an insect than a lobster, but these two-week-old babies will soon get the chance to grow up in the wild.
About 10,000 lobsters will be released into the ocean after being born in a hatchery in Point-du-Chene, N.B.
�When we release them at that stage it ups the chance to 50 per cent survival rate,� says Diego Ritchie, program co-ordinator at the Shediac Eco Centre. �It�s going to be approximately 5,000 that are actually going to make it to adult size.�

More than 10,000 baby lobsters will be released back into the ocean this week.

If the lobsters are born into the water on their own, they only have a one per cent chance of survival. Ritchie says the catch-and-release project began around 12 years ago.

�During the fishery up north, fisherman bring females with eggs at our hatchery so we start the cycle there,� he says. �Once they are two weeks old, stage four, we call it, we�ll bring them down (to the Eco Centre).�

In order to release the lobsters, they�re taken out onto a boat into the ocean. A hose is placed on the bottom of the ocean floor where the lobsters are funneled through. They stay on the ocean floor for the next few years while they grow.

Ritchie says it will take six to eight years before the lobsters are big enough to be caught and sold.

�They grow in once a year and there�s plenty out there,� says Ritchie. �What we do here at Humerus, we raise awareness. It�s just to teach everybody that we need to take care of that resource and the fishermen to understand how fragile it is.�

Annabelle Clarke teaches visitors about the lobsters and the stages they go through to get from two weeks to an adult.

�The small ones, usually people think they�re shrimps because they are so small and people are really shocked to see how small they are,� says Clarke. �When I tell them there�s only a one per cent chance of survival for the baby lobsters, they�re really surprised because people usually think lobsters get out of the egg really big.�

Staff at the centre hope more Maritimers become aware of the life cycle of the clawed creatures, so they�ll continue to be around for years to come.

I can't believe something so big and delicious starts its life cycle so small and cute. I'd like to have a lobster as a pet, and I'd name it "pinchey"

I've never been to the east coast, but if I did, I would probably learn about the life cycle of lobsters for a fun afternoon.

Edit: Sorry! I forgot a thread tag, can somebody please make it an "Event" type thread?

# ? Jul 13, 2015 17:51

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# ? Apr 26, 2024 23:27

George H.W. Cunt: Oct 6, 2010

we had a pet lobster and we accidentally suffocated it kinda like those 50 stingrays that died recently. whoops

# ? Jul 13, 2015 17:53

FlimFlam Imam: Mar 1, 2007; Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams

This is a horrible decision what with all the global warming and rising sea levels that we are already dealing with. They're really going to dump 10,000 more things in and make it rise even higher?

# ? Jul 13, 2015 18:08

hemale in pain: Jun 5, 2010

SaltLick posted:

we had a pet lobster and we accidentally suffocated it kinda like those 50 stingrays that died recently. whoops

that story has a sting in the tail

# ? Jul 13, 2015 18:08

dr_rat: Jun 4, 2001

SaltLick posted:

we had a pet lobster and we accidentally suffocated it kinda like those 50 stingrays that died recently. whoops

My family had a pet Jugular growing up, but unfortunately it drowned in the blood of our enemies.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 18:09

Keg: Sep 22, 2014

Mad Monk posted:

This is a horrible decision what with all the global warming and rising sea levels that we are already dealing with. They're really going to dump 10,000 more things in and make it rise even higher?

They're very small.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 18:10

VendaGoat: Nov 1, 2005

Keg posted:

They're very small.

but they'll get bigger and displace more water! I know things! Science things! :supaburn:

# ? Jul 13, 2015 18:12

GET MY BELT SON: Sep 26, 2007

Mad Monk posted:

This is a horrible decision what with all the global warming and rising sea levels that we are already dealing with. They're really going to dump 10,000 more things in and make it rise even higher?

this is a thinking man right here

# ? Jul 13, 2015 18:14

grandpas drunk: Jun 10, 2015; by Ralp

remember that simpoans espisode when he had the pet crab and named it pinchy hahahahah

# ? Jul 13, 2015 18:16

FogHelmut: Dec 18, 2003

That's like a couple of days worth for one boat.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 18:18

LethalGeek: Nov 4, 2009

Lobster boats only go out for so much of the year right, so would it be smart on their part to spend a few days dumping the little goobers back in on their down time to make sure they have a nice full ocean of lobster to catch?

# ? Jul 13, 2015 18:25

VendaGoat: Nov 1, 2005

LethalGeek posted:

Lobster boats only go out for so much of the year right, so would it be smart on their part to spend a few days dumping the little goobers back in on their down time to make sure they have a nice full ocean of lobster to catch?

Congrats on understanding animal husbandry!

# ? Jul 13, 2015 18:28

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

Its going to be very inspiring when some of those baby lobsters defy the odds and live into adulthood where I can kill and eat them

# ? Jul 13, 2015 18:35

Full Metal Jackass: Jan 22, 2001; Rabid bats are welcome in my home

I wanna release 10,000 babies all over the ops body

# ? Jul 13, 2015 18:40

spud: Aug 27, 2003; by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Creepiest poo poo I have ever seen.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 18:41

coldplay chiptunes: Sep 17, 2010; by Lowtax

VendaGoat posted:

but they'll get bigger and displace more water! I know things! Science things!

But the only way they can get bigger is if they consume things from the ocean floor and displace their volume.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 18:43

George H.W. Cunt: Oct 6, 2010

VendaGoat posted:

Congrats on understanding animal husbandry!

everyone point and laugh at canada for destroying their cod industry

# ? Jul 13, 2015 18:47

VendaGoat: Nov 1, 2005

coldplay chiptunes posted:

But the only way they can get bigger is if they consume things from the ocean floor and displace their volume.

Truly, they are the zerg

# ? Jul 13, 2015 18:52

Jerry Mumphrey: Mar 11, 2004; by zen death robot
(and can't post for 4 years!)

lobsters are the uncle tom of the crustacean world. gently caress them

# ? Jul 13, 2015 18:53

burritolingus: Nov 6, 2007; by Ralp

If I were like a fisherman I would just follow their boat with my boat and catch every lobster released, and then sell 10,000 baby lobsters for money.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 18:56

Nagato: Apr 26, 2011; Why yes my username is the same as an autistic alien who looks like a 9 year old from an anime, why do ask?

burritolingus posted:

If I were like a fisherman I would just follow their boat with my boat and catch every lobster released, and then sell 10,000 baby lobsters for money.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTSA_sWGM44

# ? Jul 13, 2015 19:06

poverty goat: Feb 15, 2004

lol if you stab the lobster before you steam it. dehumanize yourself and face to bloodshed

# ? Jul 13, 2015 19:07

Hell Yeah: Dec 25, 2012

what part of the ocean i'm not reading all that? my fantasy is to have 10,000 baby lobsters crawl all over me

# ? Jul 13, 2015 19:08

Mozi: Apr 4, 2004; Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die; Nap Ghost

you know what they say about lobster men

they catch lobsters for a living

# ? Jul 13, 2015 19:08

Hell Yeah: Dec 25, 2012

pinch my butthole baby lobsters

# ? Jul 13, 2015 19:08

Full Metal Jackass: Jan 22, 2001; Rabid bats are welcome in my home

The Goatfather posted:

lol if you stab the lobster before you steam it. dehumanize yourself and face to bloodshed

Everything I eat gets cooked alive it's my policy

# ? Jul 13, 2015 19:28

solar energy panel: Apr 30, 2007

So shines a good deed in a weary world. :qq:

# ? Jul 13, 2015 19:33

vyst: Aug 25, 2009

I butt chug lobster butter

# ? Jul 13, 2015 19:37

corpuscollossus: Apr 19, 2007

Displacing lobsters at their most fragile like that must ingrain them with all sorts of anxieties

# ? Jul 13, 2015 19:45

Germstore: Oct 17, 2012; A Serious Candidate For a Serious Time

Requires Flash Player? Someone should release that website into the ocean.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 19:50

MY INEVITABLE DEBT: Apr 21, 2011; I am lonely and spend most of my time on 4Chan talking about the superiority of BBC porn.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 19:54

BadTitude: Feb 15, 2003; Not so curious after the war.

MY INEVITABLE DEBT posted:

only the ones strong enough to break free of their shackles will survive

# ? Jul 13, 2015 20:02

Zochness: May 13, 2009; I AM James Bond.; Pillbug

Hell Yeah posted:

pinch my butthole baby lobsters

This to the tune of "Tiny Dancer"

# ? Jul 13, 2015 23:45

Nicomo: Jan 22, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvlj1216B7k

# ? Jul 13, 2015 23:51

RyokoTK: Feb 12, 2012; I am cool.

MY INEVITABLE DEBT posted:

That's a Ken M kinda post.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 23:52

Harald: Jul 10, 2009; by Fluffdaddy

Keg posted:

http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/n-b-hatchery-releasing-10-000-baby-lobsters-into-ocean-1.2465786

I can't believe something so big and delicious starts its life cycle so small and cute. I'd like to have a lobster as a pet, and I'd name it "pinchey"

I've never been to the east coast, but if I did, I would probably learn about the life cycle of lobsters for a fun afternoon.

Edit: Sorry! I forgot a thread tag, can somebody please make it an "Event" type thread?

fun fact: lobsters don't age and theoretically could live forever and get huge or some poo poo

# ? Jul 14, 2015 00:45