Title: Fun Facts about Luscious Lobsters | NOAA Fisheries
Headings: Fun Facts about Luscious Lobsters
Fun Facts about Luscious Lobsters
Fascinating facts about our tasty lobster friends.
How many kinds of lobsters are there in the United States?
How big do lobsters get?
How far do lobsters travel?
What color is a lobster's blood?
What are some other names for lobsters?
Where are lobsters caught?
What do lobsters eat?
Is the number of lobsters dwindling?
Do lobsters lay eggs?
Where do lobsters live?
When do lobsters mate?
How does a lobster grow?
If lobsters molt, why have I never seen a cast-off shell?
How many times must a lobster molt before it reaches market size?
Do many young lobsters survive to old age?
How old is a one-pound lobster?
How long can a lobster live out of water?
Can a lobster be kept alive in fresh water with ice?
What is tomalley?
What's the coral-colored material you see in a cooked lobster?
Does a dead lobster spoil rapidly?
How many 1-pound lobsters make a pound of lobster meat?
Why does a lobster turn red when cooked?
How can you tell if a boiled lobster was alive when cooked?
Are lobsters poisonous if they die before being cooked?
What happens when a live lobster is frozen?
Are lobsters different colors?
Can lobsters be raised commercially?
Can lobsters grow new legs?
Do lobsters have teeth?
Can lobsters smell their food?
What is the largest lobster ever caught?
Do lobsters chase crabs out of traps if they get there first?
Have Maine lobsters been successfully transplanted to the West Coast?
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Content: Adolescent lobsters (1-1/2" to 3- 1/2" carapace length) dominate coastal habitats and offshore areas. They migrate very little. Larger, more mobile, adult lobsters may live in deeper waters and may return seasonally to shallow warmer waters. When do lobsters mate? A female lobster mates mostly when she is in the soft-shell state right after she has shed her shell. Female lobsters can carry live sperm for up to two years. At any time she may decide to fertilize her 3,000-75,000 eggs. By law, a female lobster carrying eggs must be thrown back if it is caught. How does a lobster grow? Close
Newly molted juvenile American lobster (top) that has shed its old shell (bottom), hatched and reared by the Sound School in New Haven in a field-based nursery system in Long Island Sound.