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For the purposes of stocking the fishing grounds on the coast 

 our experiments tend to show that the lobsterlings will do better 

 in the open sea than if confined to small tanks or the like, that in 

 fact the best time to liberate them is as soon after the lobsterling 

 stage as possible. 



The above young lobsters are interesting as indicating the 

 size at about one year (see the report for 1904, p. 52j. It will 

 be seen that the growth is almost exactly the same as that of the 

 American lobster, but the material being gathered of the various 

 stages will be considered on another occasion. 



