. About lobsters. Lobsters; Lobster fisheries. 46 ABOUT LOBSTERS. Fig. 7. Lobster creel — side view British have discovered that a lobster will more readily enter a creel (their name for a pot) if his footing is made easier. It sounds reasonable. Anyone who has watched a dog chase a squirrel into a brush pile and climb up the brush pile in pursuit will be struck by the dog's difficulty in finding a footing—the holes between the branches hamper his locating places to plant his feet. How much harder it must be for a lobster with its dim sight to fumble around in the dark searching for a strand o
. About lobsters. Lobsters; Lobster fisheries. 46 ABOUT LOBSTERS. Fig. 7. Lobster creel — side view British have discovered that a lobster will more readily enter a creel (their name for a pot) if his footing is made easier. It sounds reasonable. Anyone who has watched a dog chase a squirrel into a brush pile and climb up the brush pile in pursuit will be struck by the dog's difficulty in finding a footing—the holes between the branches hamper his locating places to plant his feet. How much harder it must be for a lobster with its dim sight to fumble around in the dark searching for a strand of the header to support him. It is a discovery which our lobstermen should investigate. Dr. H. Thomas of the Scottish Marine Laboratory in his pamphlet, " The Efficiency of Fishing Methods Employed in the Capture of Lobsters," lists the comparative catches of their standard pot as compared with the same pot equipped with a fine meshed catwalk on top of the head. In nineteen test fishings, the standard pot caught an average of lob- sters, while the catwalk pot caught an average of lob- sters. This is a 44 per cent greater catch, and the average size of the lobsters in the latter type pot was slightly greater. The actual figures are shown below. The catwalk material is cord knitted with openings about 5/16" square, and is apparently laced down to the header Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Prudden, T. M. (Theodore Mitchell). Freeport, Me. : Bond Wheelwright Co
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