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REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



few of the lobsters mentioned in Table Xo. 17 can be less than 20 years 

 old, and the majority must be much older. 



Table Xo. 17. 



Giving statistics concerning some of the "giant" lobsters of both European and 

 American species. 



Place Captured. 



Length. 



Weight. 



Length of 



'Crushing" 



Claw. 



Length of 



"Nipping" 



Claw. 



1 ISalem, Mass.^ . . 1850 



2 Europe^ 



3 Coast of Norway- 1850-56 



4 Boothbay, Me.^.l856 



5 Belfast, Me.l . . . 1891 



6 Lubec, Me 1892 



Provincetown, 



Mass.^^ 1894. 



Criehaven, Me.^.l898 

 Newport, R. I.*. . 1898 



10 Mohegan Island,! 

 Me.*' J1899 



11 Narragansett 

 Bay, R.I 1903 



12 Rockland, Me.... 1905 



21| in. 

 19.4 in. 

 18.73 in. 

 20J in. 

 20 in. 

 201 in. 



20-22 lbs 

 20-23 lbs. 

 10 lbs. 

 20-22 lbs. 

 23 lbs. 

 20-22 lbs. 



12^ in. 

 13.1 in. 

 10.23 in. 

 12i in. 

 13J in. 

 13i in. 



12 i in. 

 12.4 in. 

 lO.OSin. 

 13^ in.* 

 14 in.* 

 lU in.* 



20.21 in 



25 in. 25 lbs. 

 19 J in. 19 lbs. 



44 in.t 



llf in. Ill in. 



18i in. Ill lbs. 9i in. 

 22i in. 19^ lbs. i 



Male. 

 Male. 

 Male. 

 Male- 

 Male. 

 Male- 

 Male. 

 Male. 

 Male. 



Male- 

 Male. 



* Measurement from tip of spine near proximal end. 



t Total length including claws. The body length must have been about 24 inches. 



'This specimen is mentioned by Herrick, who also made an estimate of the weight. It is 

 believed to be of the European species, and is now preserved in the Museum of the Academy 

 of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 



* Mentioned by Herrick, on the authority of Dr. Sounberg, of the University of Upsala. 

 This specimen is now in the Bergen Museum. 



^ All mentioned by Herrick, in whose work on the American Lobster more detailed data 

 in measurements may be secured. The Belfast lobster is now preserved in the Museum of 

 Adelbert College, Cleveland, Ohio. The Provincetown lobster is now at the St. Nicholas 

 Hotel, Boston, Mass. 



* This specimen was caught entangled in a fish trap near Newport, and is now in the pos- 

 session of the R. I. Commission of Inland Fisheries. 



5 This is a case mentioned by Cobb ('99) on the authority of R. F. Crie & Sons, of Crie- 

 haven, Maine. The specimen was caught in a hake trawl off Manticus Rock Light, Maine, in 

 60 fathoms of water. 



"This lobster was seen by Cobb, at Peak Island, Maine, in 1899. It was caught off Mohe- 

 gan Island, and the fisherman was drawing it about the country in a car, and charging a 

 small fee for inspection. 



