. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 40 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 17, No. 8. Fishermen haul up a lobster pot into their cutter. Catches are var- iable, depending on the state of the sea. They're light when turbu- lent water keeps the lobsters in their crevices or clinging to the rocky bed; good when they'recrawling on theseabedforagingfor food. bigger tails. It is the midget and small sizes which are worrying A- merican traders, according to Aus- tralian sources. price was 7s. lOd. (88 U. S. cents) and the lowest 6s. lOd. (77 U. S. cents) per pound, the latter pre- suma
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 40 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 17, No. 8. Fishermen haul up a lobster pot into their cutter. Catches are var- iable, depending on the state of the sea. They're light when turbu- lent water keeps the lobsters in their crevices or clinging to the rocky bed; good when they'recrawling on theseabedforagingfor food. bigger tails. It is the midget and small sizes which are worrying A- merican traders, according to Aus- tralian sources. price was 7s. lOd. (88 U. S. cents) and the lowest 6s. lOd. (77 U. S. cents) per pound, the latter pre- sumably for an all-midget consign- ment. Tasmania and South Australia produce the southern spiny lobster (Jasus lalandi) which is the same species as exported by SouthAfrica and New Zealand. But Western Australia has the western spiny lobster (Panulirus longipes) which, though not less enjoyable than the southern species, has yielded a greater proportion of very small sizes (midgets). The United States market likes the medium sizes best. With the very large sizes, a method of splitting the tail length- wise has been adopted in some cases which has tended partly to overcome the difficulty of disposing of the Table 2 - Australian Spiny Country of Destination and State ByCountry of Destination: United States . Hawaii Canada Singapore Other Total By State of Origin: Tasmania South Australia . Western Australia Total Lobster (Tails and Whole) Exports by State of Origin, 1952/53 and 1953/54 1953/54 Tails Quantity Lbs. 4,159,860 4,240 1,000 3,375 125 ,600 97,630 827,535 Whole Lbs. 3,125 1,015 230 61,308 60 65,738 3,960 260 6L518 1952/53 Quantity Tails Lbs. 3,921,558 605 11,455 7,750 3,941,368 161,715 956,475 Whole Lbs. 61,266 130,029 77,347 33,826 New Zealand has adopted size restrictions in- tended to elimi- nate midgets. During the last few years, the prices brought by Australian spiny- lobster tails mount-
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