Cyborg Lobsters Foil Poachers

Taken in Portland, ME, July 2008.

titusbyronicus has contributed a photo to this story.

Photo taken on the beach at Main-a-Dieu, along the east coast of Cape Breton...

The Nature of Things has contributed a photo to this story.

Sounds like an interesting idea but I don't understand why they don't just bust them for having traps without the proper tags in them.  Around here if you don't have the tags they confiscate the gear, problem solved.

Anyway if you would like to view my pictures of double clawed lobsters, half blue lobsters, triple and quadruple clawed crabs you can view them here-

Freaks of The Lobster and Crab World

Here is a slide show of lobster claw regeneration

My blog from the docks of Gloucester can be found here-

www.goodmorninggloucester.org

Iranon has contributed a photo to this story.

The 3 photos in this collection are from very different locations in the east coast lobster fishery (Lunenberg NS, Trout Creek NL, and North Rustico PEI). I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to explore and experience the people and places in this part of Canada, and an industry that is in the midst of significant change.

learningful_rcb has contributed a photo to this story.

Blue heron standing atop lobster traps being seasoned just before the Magdalen Islands, QC annual harvest.

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I think that these lobster traps are legit. Taken on Cape Ann, MA.

AndWat has contributed a photo to this story.

The old-fashioned way: artfully posed lobster traps in Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, August 3, 2008. Most wooden traps are now for show or for sale to tourists.

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Taken on Swans Island, Maine
August 2008

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West Point Harbour, Prince Edward Island, Canada

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Photo of lobster traps in Barrington, Nova Scotia by Ben Watkins

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I shoot this image in Rockport Massachusetts. I was there with my family on a trip to Portland Maine. We had stopped in Rockport to enjoy a lobster lunch and i happened to walk around and found these stacks of lobster traps.I had no idea about the poaching but i am pleased to hear that someone is trying to put a stop to it .

hollis_ellison has contributed a photo to this story.

This could be a good idea. It makes you wonder though how far they will take it. Do you think that this idea should also be used with endangered animals such as polar bears? Or would this be taking it to far??

This photo was taken September 2007 on Beals Island in Maine.

am.warner26 has contributed a photo to this story.

Love the title! Unfortunately poaching will always be around when you have a high commodity item like lobster. Poachers think in the current moment and not in the future. Laws like this are set up like this to protect species of animals. I'm sure that if it was a free for all we would have eaten up the majority of the lobster population by now.

*Picture by caleb (inside lobster trap) was taken on Stuartown Wharf, Deer Island, NB.

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This image was taken on a lobster safari off the western coast of Sweden. I had to pull this Mrs Lobster up from the deep with my bare hands!
Lobster catching is tightly controlled and we were shown how the lobsters are measured and how they are sustained for a continual harvest.

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Photo taken on the docks in Provincetown, Mass. in August 2007.

Interesting article!

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Taken in Bar Harbor, ME.

The idea of using technology to protect lobsters from illegitimate poaching seems to be a nearly flawless solution as long as it does not interfere with the lobster's ability to lead a normal life.

esetnik has contributed a photo to this story.

I agree with Brodzy that this is an interesting idea and what about other endangered animals? But I would add that we need to have stricter penalties and enforce those penalties to deter the initial act.

Flowermama368 has contributed a photo to this story.

On the coast of Nova Scotia, lobster pots were stacked,  ready for the next season.

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This photo was taken on a foggy day in a Louisbourg, Cape Breton Nova Scotia.

Jason Lightbox has contributed a photo to this story.

Lobster traps from my 2005 trip to Maine, outside Booth Bay. I found the stacks of lobster traps fascinating this was my attempt to make art from a lobster trap...

vphiii has contributed a photo to this story.

Thanks for using my photos of lobster traps!

Thomas :)

My shot was taken in Cape Porpoise, ME on July 2007.  Thanks for using it!

This photo was taken at Cape Porpoise, Maine at a legitimate lobstering facility.  It is a very quaint, but productive operation.  Love it!   Thanks for posting my photo!

Two adults and one child on a small lobster boat checking traps in the early morning off Gurnet Point.

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Could this be called 'entrapment'?  Ha. Ha.