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Photo	Names
Illustrations by Chris Van Dusen Images Courtesy of Seafood Business Magazine	Latin: Homarus americanus French: Homard americain German: Hummer Spanish: Bogavante americano Russian: Robusta Japanese: Omar

Description

The American lobster is a 10-legged arthropod. it grows quickly during the first three years of its life and may molt 15 times during that time. After the age of three lobsters molt annually. The molting process is the lobster's way of growing. It discards its older smaller shell to grow a new larger shell. After molting lobster meat is watery and thin as it takes time for the lobster to develop the extra tissue to fill the space created by the larger shell. Reproductive females are not harvested.

Markets	Commercial Aspects
Exporting Countries Capture: United States, Canada Primary Consumers United States, Japan, Europe, Canada	The U.S. produces about 100 million pounds of lobster annually. Canada produces 60 million pounds annually.

Production Trends	Diet/Health Info
Lobster production in the United States is being limited to protect the lobster population. This could reduce U.S. catches. Similar size limits are being considered in Canada.	-----

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