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Need scientific evidence
Regulating the industry in a country like the DR is next to impossible. The lobsters will get smaller and smaller until the fishery crashes, and then it takes 6-10 years to recover. I expect it's happened sometime in the past 30 years once tourism got off the ground.
The resource gets more scarce, the market price goes up and they will spend more time and money fishing for them. Classic Tragedy of the Commons syndrome. I wouldn't be surprised if they aren't already importing frozen tails into the DR. Saw some tails at a COSTCO the other day for over $15 a pound. No wonder they're getting over-fished. I bet the fishermen are lucky to get a quarter per tail.
The good news is the fisheries do recover because of the lobsters' planktonic stage. They float around the Caribbean currents for a while so the DR will get new lobsters from upstream every year.
I understand many of the fishermen in the DR still use traps. Many of them get lost, and then they continue to catch lobsters for years, even decades. Since lobsters seek shelter, they'll go into empty traps and because they're cannibals, once you get one lobster in the trap, it will continue to self-bait itself. In the industry, these are called "Ghost Traps." Modern traps are designed with panels that rot away in a couple years to prevent this.
Cuba and Bermuda use a system of artificial shelters instead of traps. Then when they go to catch them, many escape, which keeps the fisheries sustainable. Very simple in design, but easier to fish than reefs. It protects the lobsters from their natural predators and may even increase the population.
The resource gets more scarce, the market price goes up and they will spend more time and money fishing for them. Classic Tragedy of the Commons syndrome. I wouldn't be surprised if they aren't already importing frozen tails into the DR. Saw some tails at a COSTCO the other day for over $15 a pound. No wonder they're getting over-fished. I bet the fishermen are lucky to get a quarter per tail.
The good news is the fisheries do recover because of the lobsters' planktonic stage. They float around the Caribbean currents for a while so the DR will get new lobsters from upstream every year.
I understand many of the fishermen in the DR still use traps. Many of them get lost, and then they continue to catch lobsters for years, even decades. Since lobsters seek shelter, they'll go into empty traps and because they're cannibals, once you get one lobster in the trap, it will continue to self-bait itself. In the industry, these are called "Ghost Traps." Modern traps are designed with panels that rot away in a couple years to prevent this.
Cuba and Bermuda use a system of artificial shelters instead of traps. Then when they go to catch them, many escape, which keeps the fisheries sustainable. Very simple in design, but easier to fish than reefs. It protects the lobsters from their natural predators and may even increase the population.
New England Lobster is just Canadian lobster that wandered off south
, our Bay of Fundy Lobsters are huge they grow so large so fast 10-12 pounders are the rule. Then we have the Northumberland Strait Lobsters on the north coast of New Brunswick between Prince Edward Island and them guys are 3- 5 pounders with market canners in at a 1.5 size. I live in the middle of both fishing zones....... but I am allergic to Lobster , yup sucks to be me.
Langostino looks like none other than spiny lobster: But it looks like in the DR they also
serve baby spiny lobsters.
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Pan full of baby spiny lobsters:
serve baby spiny lobsters.
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Pan full of baby spiny lobsters:
what is in DR in spanish named Langostino has nothing to do with the english name Langostino.
here in DR, if caught by local fisherman, the Langostinos are just small Spiny caribbean lobsters.
where it really gets confusing is at the hotels, like the resorts here in punta cana, as none of them serves anything from the DR when it comes to seafood, all is imported, as the local fishery could not serve not even one of the numerous big megaresort's needs, so whats finally really served there when they name it Langostino may be a completely new theme for a new topic, lol.
what Local Fisherman name Langostino is a small spiny caribbean lobster.
I hate Lobster, but prefer the caribbean lil ones over the coldwater big ones up north, but again, i do not really like either.
Mike
here in DR, if caught by local fisherman, the Langostinos are just small Spiny caribbean lobsters.
where it really gets confusing is at the hotels, like the resorts here in punta cana, as none of them serves anything from the DR when it comes to seafood, all is imported, as the local fishery could not serve not even one of the numerous big megaresort's needs, so whats finally really served there when they name it Langostino may be a completely new theme for a new topic, lol.
what Local Fisherman name Langostino is a small spiny caribbean lobster.
I hate Lobster, but prefer the caribbean lil ones over the coldwater big ones up north, but again, i do not really like either.
Mike
They should fine any hotel or restaurant that sells them $10 per undersized lobster they have in stock, or at the very least seize them. Only prob is it would likely up the cache of selling them.. Trying to control the fishermen is much harder. I'm telling you, if that's anywhere close to the average size they have in the restaurants, the industry is heading for a collapse in under 10 years. After the lobster, then the conch crash, because it's the same ppl fishing them. Then they'll be marketing "Lambistino" as the trendy dish.
Lunch - research into Langustines ?
Conchman, If you ant to do some first hand research go to Los Gringos at Megante Beach. Try the SeaFood platter.
Here is a photo and you can see that there are at least four sorts of seafood on the plate.
Some were described as River Shrimp others a Langustines, and ordinary shrimp.
Great for lunch.
Olly and the Team
Conchman, If you ant to do some first hand research go to Los Gringos at Megante Beach. Try the SeaFood platter.
Here is a photo and you can see that there are at least four sorts of seafood on the plate.
Some were described as River Shrimp others a Langustines, and ordinary shrimp.
Great for lunch.
Olly and the Team
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New England Lobster is just Canadian lobster that wandered off south
And what about those digby scallops. Mmmmmmmmm