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- ——. - ; liberated. ms am a “ claws. ~~ how mach -s 2 In general, however, most tag- any wonder Immediately after moulting| ™Owlt? - e MINORITY FLOUT ged lobsters were found very) areas, 8 percent. of the catch is/ the new-shelled lobster absorbs} To answer ; - ee ‘ jelose to ‘their liberation points;|™made up of small. canner-size| seq waer and gradully swells) ly 50,000 lobsters have been care . i the average distance moved was| lobsters and that few escape to! for 4 to 5 hours to reach its full|fully measured and marked by - " iH] | M + : usually less than two miles. | @row larger? ; size. As a result the meat of] means of small holes punched im ~ Iilega ing Meets Se eee arm 6 leo Ph sed tana |i ee g g . Sehanweee Adult lobsters like the larvae! Gradually, however « ah ne, a ee ae , ey . : 4 tags re-| Must moult or shed their bard) ighster feeds, its shell hardens| time Provinces ’ Pe ia The large numbers of tags Te’ inelastic shells in orfer to grow.| 209 i oie ie 21 ae tern Gov arnin win erwin ts yo nda r,t Myce] Te ready In rr > P.E.I. lobster stocks are fished) summer The actual moulting years later were readily recogn- : very hard. Mimi sh is prob- . moulting. For the shell to become | i 44 the h 3 fairly ne 3 process is shown in the accomp-| fuly hardened takes from a few by punch marks which Mlezal lobster fishing, accom-| automobile Mr. Robichaud radio-, On top of that, the same offic- ro ee see example of| anying photographs taken at the| weeks to several months depead-|@™ined quite clear. Each lob- ee ee ee ee see ial emphasized, poachers have ir areas. Fisheries Research Board's Biol-| ing on the+water temperature,| *@* Tecaptured was remeasured ~ _ der's of violence by poachers,| to converge on the agea. © -~j1o take a lower price for the| s Each year 1000 legal-sized lob-| ogical Station near Ellerstie. the food supply and the size of | ®#refully to find out how much - made newspaper headlines in the} OPENED FIRE... -_. | bootleg product. Mf the lobsters}. sters are tagged there during the) Shortly before moulting, lime! the lobster. jit had — Maritimes lest year and drew! While Mr. Robichaud was dir-| were left in the sea to be fished first week of August—a few days! gaits ape absorbed from certain MEASURE GROWTH LTIGNISH AREA “stern warnings ‘from ‘high gov-|ecting operations from shore, aj during the legal season, the fish-| - ‘before the fall season opens. Dur-| areas of the shiell which become } GROwn Cha’ meet e ernment levels that such flag-| hidden gunman opened fire with|ermen would nake more money. ing the two month season ‘fisher- softer and. more flexible. At the} Aithcugh it is fairly easy to om extensive series of | rant ‘violations of the law would|a riffle. While bullets whizzed| While the current rash of viol- men have on the average recap-| startof the moult the lobster| find out how fast lobsters grow me Cuperimedis. Res. Seana Bot be tolerated. close to the vehicle, none of them| ence is serious, rough tactics are tured about 80 percent. of these| ties on its side and the membrane} im captivity the more important| done in the Tignish atea. At this , Prince Edward Island's \native | struck the car.- While returning! by no means new in the lobster tagged lobsters. _. [Joining the body. and tail splits,|@estion is—How fast do they Port more than 14,000)six te ten Epeber at the en an to Tracadie, Mr, Robichaud and wer. In oe years, fisheries & There is every reason to belie-| The lobster {hen bends in. a V-| T0* under natural conditions?! CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 - Angus MacLean, Minis- companion ‘were ambushed ers been assau'ted, whole shape : y it. ter of Fisheries, didn’t pull any ae thrown overboard and shot at. PRIDE OF ALBERTON FLEET ‘eo <a ga er ee self ae aaa . : punches. This time it was a shotgun/ Fortunately, the marksmen have Miminegagh area The whole process takes only Comtheating on the rush of| blast which peppered the rear of| been\poor shots. Research Board {2°*.°ttt ‘sseed in the Maritime) ls fished just as hard. Only 2 few! 5 +. 39 minutes. The newly moult- outlawry that borke out on both| the automobile. Mr. Robichaud ONE FATALITY : Provinces and several thousand lobsters escape the commercial ed lobster is brightly coloured GARDNER ENGINES : —, a. ee = believed the car's radio aerial) However, one fishery officer) CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 | one = paces ra ea ‘ishery and very few indeed are’ but has an extremely soft . war sla obdstering fronts,! was the target. i Sr near 5 . addition, nearly 50,000: - a g Mr. MacLean had this to say: At Tiedisa. PEL a patroi, his life through violence. That oe ts heavy iron drag jobsters have been marked by; : “Such attempts to obstuct or/ boat ander charter by the De-| "@5 '@ 1926. One night in that) fit or ih to turn) punching Small holes in the, tail a : 3 ‘ e \ . cn frat rine Pena ck | ga ame, Bet [as ano San Bendix Marine Electronic EASTERN CANADA ficers stiow no regard for tife/ed. The boat. the Royal Oak,| — » failed ~ ee cated war Ber Tocks.| ‘These taggings and markings : ‘ and property and will not be| skippered by P.J. MacDougall,|{u™ from @ poacher hunt. A few |The fine-m net rides OM) nive provided a great deal of ; ; Equipment otagoal |pat out of savage Harbor to sid| 30% "the shall fractured, “The| heavy rubberized canvas te pre,|imormation on the movements } | ONLY SMALL NUMBER . - [three other patrol craft, drag-| ooigor remains unsolved to this’ pose Me og ae Pro-' and growth of lobsters and give Radio transmitters and receivers The Minister emphasized that/ ging for illegal lobster traps in) 4. A : ; iet - lobsters | 2..ery Sted idea as to what Depth Sounders and recorders. . the great majority of lobstermen) the stretch of water between While clficiale of the depart. ak man a an oh fraction of the lobsters are Direction Finders were. law-abiding citizens and|Tignish Run and North Point. ment are not 90 asive to imagine i te oes a Ras caught each year. tomatic Pilots anxious to co-operate in observ- When the boats tied up at the that poaching on to Gtanlanied — rise over nc Much of this work has been Au imz conservation regulations. It| dock. the craft came under a deta ° feel aan weighing a Pounds have! done in P.E.I. by U.J. Walsh, a Authorized Dealer Sales and Service Was a small minority. whith con-| barrage of rocks thrown from) teherenen Pine sain ” ar : this gear. The native of Stanley Bridge and now ‘ > gtantly flouted regulations. “These| shore. So fast were the rocks fall-| oy the need f ce eee oe a re knowa figure in the Tig- DUVAR’S RADIO SERVICE , : sien - or conservation to) like their parents. endanger not only their own live-| ing thay thegrrew- iad to (ake) Losec their future,-wholesale| They wae ee M PEL

The attack lasted more than ; aa hour, during which time all| Poechers comprise only a tiny

four boats were damaged. That) re S anane + arse day the boats had confiscated 233 aes on — oak Wane a illegally-set lobster traps. hg

'ROB NEIGHBORS government's effort to ensure

corded an upsurge in lobster| To combat lobster fishing viol-| ee of he — ™ fishing violations in 1958. ations the Department of Fish- poe-snaoag Stone este abe There were 155 Prosecutions | eries is using a two-bladed weap-' provi ry @gainst Island lobstermen for} in its war against poaching—' year. breaking regulations last year. | enforcement and education. | Convictions totalled 153 and fin- By the latter, the department, es levied amounted to $4,339. Two| hopes to convince all fishermen of the cases involved obstruct-/that conservation laws are to) fons of fishery officers. In 1957| protect fishermen and the indus-. there were 119 convictions out of! try. As one veteran fisheries of- |

. gtientious fishermien", Mr. Mac- Lean said. “Their actions’ must, and will, be controlled’, he de. elared.

As was the case in New Brun- . gwick, Prince Edward Island re

more thar 40,000 lobsters tagged in P.E.I. over half have been recaptured by fishermen.

because they are best projected from their enemies. {A- the end) of their first summer they have) moulted 5 to 7 times to reach a length of 1 to 1% inches.

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