Lobster farming breakthrough

The Australian ^ | 11-18-2004 | Staff

[Red Badger]

SCIENTISTS who bred Australia's first hatchery-reared southern rock lobsters have achieved the biological equivalent of "putting man on the moon" Fisheries Minister Senator Ian Macdonald said today. Scientists at the University of Tasmania made the breakthrough, which shortened the normal two year development of an adult lobster to one year. Mr Macdonald said the research could put Australia ahead of the pack in the future commercialisation of lobster farming. "This is a major achievement in the move towards sustainable farming of lobsters and will provide significant opportunities for the future," Mr Macdonald said. Attempts to develop commercial aquaculture of the southern rock lobster began at the Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute (TAFI) in 1997, Mr Macdonald said. The research was jointly funded by the federal and Tasmanian government.

[Red Badger]

A little old, but a good thing to see.......

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Where's Flipper when you need her?

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

"...Mr Macdonald..." Does he have red, frizzy hair?

[bigfootbob]

No-No-No, this won't do. I'm on the phone with Ingid Newkirk right now.

[mlbford2]

Dr. Zoidberg should be thrilled.

[bert]

Awww Right!!!! MacLobster is coming our way.

A little lobster, a little butter, a little cornonthecob right at the driveup windoW. Ummmmmgooooood.


oooops.... nevermind

[Red Badger]

http://www.mffc.gov.au/releases/2004/04228m.html

[CATravelAgent]

There's a MacLobster francise in your future!

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Pinchy!

[CATravelAgent]

Beat me to it by :24 seconds!

[AndrewB]

Great idea, lobster farming. Just think of all the tiny tractors we can sell them.

[BurbankKarl]

[Doctor Stochastic]

Finally. Millions for cancer but nothing for improving the truffle crop.

[Red Badger]

Who is Dr. Z?.......

[ServesURight]

This idea is worse than farm-raised salmon.

[Sthitch]

The Aussies are the best in the world at aqua farming. Unlike most aqua farming they manage to raise seafood that still has the taste of the sea. They produce the most amazing oysters in the world. They have produce them at a point where the Antarctica current rises up along the ocean floor. They are absent of any pollutants, and they taste so cold you would think that your tongue was just frostbitten. Unfortunately, they still do not export them to the US.

[Red Badger]

I LOVE farm-raised salmon! Buy it regularly. And yes, I know its colored........

[BurbankKarl]

blech!

[Red Badger]

blech! to what? Lobster or salmon?..........or oysters?.....

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

WABC Radio Own Free-range Chicken Queen & Lobster Murderess ...Sean Hannity former associate producer and now producer of the John Gambling show at WABC in New York, Flirty Flipper is not just your average talk radio ...

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[BurbankKarl]

I dont like Atlantic Salmon....I guess my six years in Seattle gave me a discernable palate.

[stevio]

I didn't know it was colored. How do they do it?

[peacebaby]

The Aussies don't have crazed out wackos trying to save lobsters from the tumultuous boiling pot?

[Red Badger]

Just before they harvest the salmon, they feed them beta carotene I think. I don't really remember. Maybe comes from eating too much colored salmon.........

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

"The Aussies don't have crazed out wackos trying to save lobsters from the tumultuous boiling pot?"

We have all the fun out here. High overhead, though. FReegards....

[Red Badger]

I don't know if the farm salmon are Atlantic or Pacific......

[t_skoz]

I was wondering if I was the only one thinking that!

:0

[Red Badger]

The farmed salmon are not naturally red like the wild ones are. Color comes from the diet of prawns and such. Same as the Pink Flamingo. Flamingoes raised in captivity are white unless fed a diet rich in crustaceans......Must be a Jimmy Buffet song in there somewhere.......White sportcoat and a pink crustacean......

[Luddite Patent Counsel]

And yes, I know its colored........

That is an offensive term. In the future, please use the officially-approved "Pigmented Piscatory-American".

[Luddite Patent Counsel]

African or European?

[Scythian]

which shortened the normal two year development of an adult lobster to one year

There are consequences ...

[NYFriend]

Cartoon half-man/half-medical doctor on the hit show Futurama.

[Red Badger]

African or European what?

[BurbankKarl]

I cant think of a farmed Pacific Salmon.....

[FreedomFarmer]

I didn't know it was colored.

We say Salmoniods of Color in the NAACS, Bro.

[peacebaby]

No crazy looney lefties? If that's true, then Australia must be close to heaven.

[mlbford2]

this is my first try at html, so if i goof up sorry.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Oh, it's a delicious thing to see. I love lobster, but I can't afford to buy it....yet????

Mmmmm :)

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

I think they banned guns in Aussieland, though. FReegards....

[libstripper]

This is better than frog leg restaurants--just think of the thousands of tiny wheelchairs.

[stevio]

NAACS = National Advancement for the Appetite of Colored Salmon?

[Maceman]

Rock lobster? That's not a lobster.

THAT'S a lobster!!!!

A lobster without claws is like a cone without ice cream.

Rock lobster indeed.

We New Englanders might have the worst politicians, but we do have the best lobsters anywhere.

[ServesURight]

I LOVE farm-raised salmon! Buy it regularly. And yes, I know its colored........

You should eat it wild. Farmed-raised salmon is bad for you.

[Damocles]

LOL!

[Luddite Patent Counsel]

BRIDGEKEEPER:
Hee hee heh. Stop! What... is your name?
ARTHUR:
It is 'Arthur', King of the Britons.
BRIDGEKEEPER:
What... is your quest?
ARTHUR:
To seek the Holy Grail.
BRIDGEKEEPER:
What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
ARTHUR:
What do you mean? An African or European swallow?
BRIDGEKEEPER:
Huh? I-- I don't know that. Auuuuuuuugh!
BEDEVERE:
How do know so much about swallows?
ARTHUR:
Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.

[andyk]

African or European what?

Swallows, I'm guessing...

[kitkat]

***Great idea, lobster farming. Just think of all the tiny tractors we can sell them.***

I am, as we speak, designing tiny, little Deere Tractor peaked caps for the lobster farmers. I expect to make a fortune.

[tomkat]

I didn't know it was colored. How do they do it?

(ok, so i'm slow, sorry)

[Red Badger]

I've eaten W I L D salmon, too! Love it just as much! LOX !mmmmm..........

[naturalman1975]

I think they banned guns in Aussieland, though. FReegards....

No, they didn't. But somebody seems to have been awfully successful at convincing Americans that they did! This issue constantly comes up on FR - almost everytime there is a thread concerning Australia in any way.

Guns are not banned in Australia - not even close. A law abiding citizen can own just about any type of firearm if they are willing to do the necessary paperwork to get the licence they need. This really isn't that difficult - just a bit time consuming for higher level licences. It's actually very easy for a basic licence - pretty much just a criminal record check to make sure you haven't been convicted of a crime in the last ten years (and have never been convicted of certain violent crimes).

Our gun laws aren't particularly good ones - but they're really not that bad. If you want to own guns, then as long as there's no reason you shouldn't (like criminal convictions) you can.