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Responding to the message of <Pine.SGI.3.91.970116094017.22715E-100000@sp*.ph*.mc*.ca*> from Roger Lacasse <roger@ph*.mc*.ca*>: > > > Hi everyone, > > lobster diving allways puzzled me. Up here (Quebec, Canada) it's highly > illegale to take lobsters. Don't even think about getting a permit. On > top of it the local fisherman, if they found you, would kill you first > and call the coast guards aftewards! > > I've been reading about American East coast diving and I allways see > these pictures of divers with gigantic lobsters that they found on the > wrecks they dive. > > How does it work? Do you need a permit? Who is elligible? Is there quotas, > limits and a lobstering season? > > It would make my diving a lot easier to accept for my wife if I brought > her a lobster for diner once in a while! > [\] Roger, we need to buy a permit from the state we live in currently, although not all states alow the taking of lobster by ahnd (Maine does not allow it). You must be a resident in most cases. For Massachusetts, there is no limit to the number taken, but they must be legal size (measured underwater), cannot be an egg-bearing female, and you must have an "intact" lobster (Ex: if you have 2 lobsters, you can't have 5 claws in the bag). Right now, there is no season, permits run Jan1-Dec. 31, cost $45/year. Fines for getting caught with shorts or females can be $50/illegal lobster, confiscate the boat and/or dive gear. I bring home a lobster every once in a while to placate my wife, it does make my diving a lot easier! :-) Safe diving, John Lydon jlydon@zi*.ne* +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Please send messages for the WreckDiver list to: wreckdiver@wreckdiver.com Send subscription and help requests to: wreckdiver-request@wreckdiver.com +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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