Maldives Seafood

seamaster 1 November 2008 Crustacean 5,785 views One Comment Print This Post

Lobster

Do you know that Lobster changes its outer shell when it grows ?This is Molting and a new shell grows over it .Like growing a new shell after leaving from its body it can also re grow legs and claws that have fallen.

They live on rocky bottoms like coral reefs, on sandy beaches and lagoons. They get shelter in Rocks containing holes and under the rocks. It does not go into the deep ocean floor; you will find most of them living ten to hundred feet deep. They come out from the hole only to feed them self.

Mainly they eat live fish, mollusks, crabs, clams snails. Sometimes they are Scavengers and feed on dead animals. When they are on captivity, they may eat other lobsters too. Usually they feed during night. They eat old shell when it molts.

They belong to the group Crustaceans. Don’t be mistaken that it is a fish, as some brings it under the category of Shellfish. They have no backbone to support their bodies. Where as its shell forms an outer skeleton to support it. They are Invertebrates.

They have five pairs of limbs each of them for different purpose, four legs for walking. In addition, front legs are used to hunt animals to eat and to defend it with claws at the end. As the two claws are of deferent sizes the biggest one is for crushing and the other for biting.

They start mating at the age of 8 years and they are able to reproduce thousands of tiny eggs every two years and when baby lobsters are able to swim they go near the water surface where many of them become victims of fish and other sea creatures. The rest swims into the ocean floor at the age of five weeks.

They live more than 15 years depending the environment, mostly in Aquarium their life expectancy would be longer. World heaviest lobster weighs 20 kilograms.

Out of all the sea foods the tastiest of all is Lobster. There three varieties of it in Maldives and they are one of the delicious in the world. Normally you can get it to eat from the best restaurants in Maldives. They a little expensive but the taste will forget it, I guarantee you.

They are caught in Maldives by diving into shallow water with gloves on hand. Though this method is a little difficult but its Environmental friendly .Catching in this way, they could avoid illegal sizes and Lobsters having Eggs.

Most fishermen around the world catch them by trapping in pots called lobsterpots. These pots are made with wooden or metal bars; they have nets fitted in it so that the lobsters cannot get out from it once they get in. Fish are kept in pot as baits to get the attraction of lobsters towards it.