Maine lobster caught, released at Farallon Islands

[petronius]

Kind of amusing, I thought. I guess Maine lobsters aren't any real threat to the local ecosystem, and as the article points out there aren't enough of them out there to breed. Be a cool thing to catch/see, however - although I'm not sure I'd be so quick to release one if I saw it while diving...

The first Maine lobster verified off the Bay Area coast was caught by accident last week in a crab trap set by Sean Hodges of the sport fishing boat Hog Heaven.

After a photo to prove the event, Hodges released the lobster back to the sea. The lobster was found in a crab trap that had been set on the ocean floor 250 feet deep near the Farallon Islands.

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“I have seen lobster off the Cement Ship at Aptos,” said Giancarlo Thomae, a naturalist and marine biologist in Monterey Bay. “I think people buy them alive at a restaurant aquarium, feel sorry for them and let them go. My bet is somebody bought it at Chinese restaurant in San Francisco and then let it go and it made its way out to the Farallon Islands.

http://blog.sfgate.com/stienstra/2013/11/27/maine-lobster-caught-released-at-farallon-islands/

[RandySF]

1. He could have given it to me.

O would have taken good care of it .

[petronius]

3. That's what I'm thinking: our West Coast waters can be so cold,

a nice steam in my stove-top sauna would be just the thing for Mr. Lob...

[KamaAina]

2. The ultimate seafood combo.

One of those and a Dungeness crab!!