Operation Lobster Rescue…how too guide required

Once you've done a 'dry run' as it were with this one, can I recommend you head to Scalpay (or similar).  Check out https://scalpayshellfish.co.uk/ , I think from memory they sell direct to the public on Wednesday evenings in the summer, so get yourself there for about 6pm, buy everything they've caught and tip it straight back into The Minch.

I think from memory they sell direct to the public on Wednesday evenings in the summer, so get yourself there for about 6pm, buy everything they’ve caught and tip it straight back into The Minch.

Video yourself doing this then go back and play them the video.

Do we have an update on Clampy's bid for freedom? Here's hoping that Clampy is on his/her way back to the sea without a Jayne Mansfield-esque diversion.

Plenty lobsters pots on the beaches round here

Hmm… I think I can guess a later episode of this story. For the lobster.

Saving the lobster isn’t going to save you !

Maybe. God is a Lobster.

Maybe. God is a Lobster

Not a DJ?

So any update OP? Or was there a claw-to-finger situation that's preventing you from typing anything?

You want to save a lobster that was foolish enough to be caught in the first place, then return it to breed more foolish lobsters. Fishing and consuming is increasing the intelligence of these crustaceans. You therefore must consume the said crustacean to avoid dumbing down the global population.

Wald would be proud of that logic.

You want to save a lobster that was foolish enough to be caught in the first place, then return it to breed more foolish lobsters. Fishing and consuming is increasing the intelligence of these crustaceans. You therefore must consume the said crustacean to avoid dumbing down the global population.

Wald would be proud of that logic.

He could be part of an undercover operation?

tip it straight back into The Minch.

Derek will just have to retrieve them again

I think you're confusing Minch and minge.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/sep/23/two-buddhists-fined-15000-releasing-non-native-crustaceans-sea-brighton

You need to be sure it's a native lobster Homarus gammarus and not Homarus americanus or you will be introducing a non native species to our waters. American lobsters are more aggressive than native lobsters and push them out of their territory.

So update…

I staked out the best place for release at low tide. Next day I went to pick him up and there were about 5 of them in the tank. No idea which one he was, they all look the same to me. So I’m going back over weekend and I’ll just take whichever they give me

That’s said, they are mean looking things aren’t they… give me the heebie jeebies..

No idea which one he was

I thought you said in your original post that he/she looked all shagged out and pining for the fjords or sumfink?

Does the new intake look equally shagged out?

Someone should put a stop to this sort of thing.

Edit: Perhaps the original one has been eaten and there are now 5 new ones?

That’s said, they are mean looking things aren’t they… give me the heebie jeebies..

tasty with garlic butter though...

not sure i could bring myself to cook a live one though - that said the same can be said about sheep etc.

Now as I was striding out in the countryside today I saw this field of sheep...

they all look the same to me...

Racist! 🤣

So I’m going back over weekend and I’ll just take whichever they give me

Poor Clampy. He was a shoe in for freedom,  now his chances have reduced to about 20%. Can you start a go-fund-me so we can liberate them all?

not sure i could bring myself to cook a live one though – that said the same can be said about sheep

FFS don't tell me that some people cook sheep live?

What is wrong with people?

Poor Clampy. He was a shoe in for freedom, now his chances have reduced to about 20%.

Or he's already gone in the pot.

You need to be sure it’s a native lobster Homarus gammarus and not Homarus americanus or you will be introducing a non native species to our waters. American lobsters are more aggressive than native lobsters and push them out of their territory.

I know this thread is a bit jokey, but you do need to be sure they're a native species...have you checked that they're locally caught?

#tpbiker Please don't do this. There is a possibility that live lobsters for sale are actually American lobsters - a different species to the lobsters in our seas.
American lobsters can have a parasite that is not found in our lobsters, and releasing an infected American lobsters could be devastating.
So if you care about wildlife,please don't release this lobsters into the sea.

What is there to stop the planktonic larvae of lobsters from the United States traveling over to the United Kingdom?

Presumably there are ocean currents which can facilitate this?

Genuine question btw.

What is there to stop the planktonic larvae of lobsters from the United States traveling over to the United Kingdom?

Blue passports.

What is there to stop the planktonic larvae of lobsters from the United States traveling over to the United Kingdom?

Genuine question btw.

They’re not truly planktonic. They are larger than most zooplankton and can control where they swim.

They are a third of an inch apparently, not enough to be carried by ocean currents?

Been following this with amused interest. More so now that we don't know if Clampy has been eaten or just got new mates 🤣

Obviously you just need to buy 5 to release now (assuming they're not American as above)! The fish monger will surely be delighted in the up turn in lobster trading despite these times if austerity, and have a whole lot more for you next time you pass.

Waiting with baited breath (or pot) 😁

I don't know what sparked the memory of this thread off in my mind,  but I see we never did reach the denouement of this epic tale of one MTBer and his quest for crustacean liberation.

@tpbiker did Clampy gain his freedom, or was this a project doomed to failure?

did Clampy gain his freedom, or was this a project doomed to failure

and did you ever get to ride that lovely 853 steel bike

To the OP:

Are you a vegetarian?