Annual report of the Commissioners of Inland Fisheries made to the General Assembly . r is much greater than as if they are all of thesame age, although this danger is reduced to a minimum in the rearingbags. The crate, also, to a certain extent, impedes the circulation of thewater, and consequently the sooner removed the better. Besidesthis, the longer the egg lobsters remain in the crates the more un-hatched eggs are scraped off into the bags, and though many of theseare subsequently hatched, they stand no show against their olderfellows. The crates should be allowed to float around with the
Annual report of the Commissioners of Inland Fisheries made to the General Assembly . r is much greater than as if they are all of thesame age, although this danger is reduced to a minimum in the rearingbags. The crate, also, to a certain extent, impedes the circulation of thewater, and consequently the sooner removed the better. Besidesthis, the longer the egg lobsters remain in the crates the more un-hatched eggs are scraped off into the bags, and though many of theseare subsequently hatched, they stand no show against their olderfellows. The crates should be allowed to float around with the cur-rent, as many fry would be lost by being dashed against a stationarycrate. It is better, however, to fasten the crates loosely about thepaddle shaft so that it can not damage the bag by striking against it. 8. Feeding. Feeding is another operation which requires much attention.(Plate XXIII.) The lobster fry in all stages eat ravenously and with-out much selection of food. Almost anything in the way of animalfood will serve them for a meal. Their cannibalistic habits have been. REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 147 referred to. In confinement in the rearing bags the food item be-comes of tremendous importance. Molting three times in from 10to 14 days, while in each molt important structural changes occur, thelobster demands regular and almost continuous feeding. Theirfeeding apparently does not take place chiefly at night, as in the adult,but on the contrary they seem to feed most frec^uently during theday. The warmth of the water and the bright sun seem to favor theirgrowth, or at least the rapidity of molting. Lobster fry very often,when taken from the rearing bag and placed in a shallow dish forobservation, will molt in a very short time if it is a bright sunny occurs so often as to lead one to conclude that the warmer tem-perature of the water in the dish hastens the molting. Since theseconditions of temperature favor growth, they must undoubtedlyenc
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