Photograph from U. S. Bui 

 SAVING THE NEW ENGLAND LOBSTER FISHERY 



of Fish 



These men are bringing egg-bearing lobsters to the hatchery at Boothbay Harbor, Maine. 

 The Bureau of Fisheries, in cooperation with the State authorities, collects egg-bearing lob- 

 sters from the fishermen, takes the lobsters to the hatcheries, and saves all the eggs, which 

 would otherwise be lost. The mother lobster carries her eggs externally for ten months, 

 and it caught at any time during that period her entire progeny is sacrificed unless her eggs 

 are safeguarded by the lobster culturist. The lobster's eggs are about one-eighth of an inch 

 in diameter and from 10,000 to 15,000 are produced by an average lobster. 



