thrt the lobster on the Yfesf const ren.ches the legc.l size ivhon it 

 is-^.bout nine yenrs old; power of reproduction' is rerichcd \ihcn it 

 is r.b'out 11 years old. 



The encrcc.chnent of the fishery on the 'lobster population is 

 ver;' extensive* On the Hest 'const, v/here the question has been 

 :aost thoroughly studied, it appears thc.t about one-fourth of the 

 caught nunber are nniina.ls iThich had not reached the i.iininuia size 

 the preceding year» On the East coast this-fnct seeias to be still 

 more pronounced; although only fevj' investigations have oeen r.ade 

 here, it seer.Ts that half of the nuobers caught are 21-22 centineters 

 long, i,eo. they had not reached the nininun size the' year before* 

 This is also proved by the fact that of 100 lobsters, which, were 

 tcgged and put out at Kv-i-tings/, 40 indi^riduals v:ere recaught the 

 follov/-ing year and furlher 34 during the nejct foui- years o 



The great encroachment of the fishery on the lobster populat- 

 ion is best shown by the fact that 70 per cent of the caught ani- 

 'i.Tr,ls have not yet reached the average size atfT/hich tliey are 

 capable of propagationo 



Proin v/hat is mentioned above you v:ill see that the knowledge 

 of the lobster's conditions of life has been lauch extended by Dr. 

 Appcllji^f's Yrorlco Hovrever, it is liiiited thereby that the lobster 

 population and the fishery night .be said to have been thoroughly 

 studied only as for as tho Yfest coast is concernede 



Professor Appell/f '^ propositions for increasing the lobster 

 population consist riainly of the following: 



a) Gradual increase of the minimum, size to 25 cm* in 

 the course of nine yea^-s in order to obtain 



1) that all individuals get the opportunity of 

 propagation at least ^nce di.u"ing their life- 



■ t ime , 



2) a more valuable catch, as a lobster of 25 cm» 

 weighs about twice as much as a lobster of 



21 cm« 



b) The same protection-period f cir the vihole country 



. c) Further work with rearing of lobster to the •bottom 

 stage 

 d) Further arra.ngements to -sharpen the control with the 

 law. . ' ■ • ' 



The case v/as , preliminarily discussed in the Council of Fisher- 

 ies of last year; decision \uas put off in order to give the interest- 

 ed comi.iunities, corporations and authorities an opportunity to 

 express their opinions* The different statements have now been 



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