TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Preface to Revised Edition 87 



Introduction 89 



I. Natural History of the Lobster 91 



1 . Distribution 91 



2. Natural Home and Migrations 92 



3. Food 93 



4. Length of Life 93 



Table of Probable Rate of Growth, by Dr. P. B. Hadley 95 



5. Molting and Growth 9G 



6. Regeneration 96 



7. Sexual Maturity 97 



8. Spawning Habits 97 



9. Larval Stages 98 



10. Adolescent Period 99 



1 1 . Some Peculiar Means of Self-Preservation 99 



12. Sensibility to Light 100 



13. Enemies 100 



14. Decrease in Abundance of Lobsters 101 



II. Methods Employed to Prevent Extermination 102 



Introduction 102 



A. Legal Restrictions 102 



1. Protection of Egg Lobsters 102 



2. Protection of Immature Lobsters 102 



3. Protection of Large Lobsters 103 



4. A Double Limit 104 



5. Close Time 104 



6. Prevention of Mutilation 104 



7. Further Regulations 104 



8. Tabulation of Lobster Laws, 1910 105 



