Lobster Fishery and Management

Abstract

Lobsters are one of the highly priced crustaceans in India and are in great demand as a delicacy in the internal market and as a foreign exchange earner in export market. Gourmets the world over prize this crustacean as the most delectable. As a result, lobsters are now fished indiscriminately and the population at least in certain areas is threatened. Most females either don't get a chance to reproduce or are caught while they are breeding