Why is it that lobster is so expensive, can't they be grown in pools like fish ?
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well one reason that lobsters are so expensive is that they do not reach marketable size very quickly. It takes a lobster 5 – 8 years to weigh a pound, another good reason is that lobster is caught in traps which need a harvest , therfore it takes more time.
Lobsters are rarely grown commercially in fish farms. So almost all the harvest comes from the wild. The leading harvesters are in Maine, Australia and New Zealand. It takes a lobster 2 full years to reach marketable size. The quantity of lobster has been decreased in last years due to overfishing, yet the demand is in the increase.
So, to sum it up in economic terms: low supply and high demand has a pricey result..
some good news for lobster lovers:
http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/681/australian-scientists-successfully-breed-hatcheryreared-rock-lobster
let's hope prices will go down !
back when the U.S. was first started there were so many af them them ate them everyday and grew sick of them. now there are alot more of us then them so $$$ tank raised expensive to do and they eat each other just as fast as we eat them. that's why shrimp are farm raised, no claws to devour each other. good eating
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