Brief description
To test if the carapace length of lobsters changes during cooking, 21 legal-sized southern rock lobsters were collected in pots from Alum Cliffs, south-eastern Tasmania, Australia in October 1999 (42.95±S 147.35±E). The sample consisted of 7 female and 14 male lobsters ranging in carapace length from 106 mm to 153 mm (mean 120 mm). Each animal was abdominally tagged using individually marked t-bar tags (Hallprint T-bar anchor tag, TBA1; Hallprint Pty Ltd, 27 Jacobsen Crescent, Holden Hill, SA 5088, Australia). The carapace length of all lobsters were measured five times to the nearest 0.1 mm in a random manner, before and after processing. This repeated measurement of all specimens in random order was intended to evaluate measurement error. Processing was typical of that used commercially and involved killing the lobsters in fresh water before cooking in pre-boiling salted water for 12 minutes.Lineage
Maintenance and Update Frequency: notPlannedNotes
PurposeTo determine if the effect of cooking on carapace length on Southern Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) is a problem for enforcement of rock lobster fisheries regulations based on a minimum legal size.
Created: 29 03 2007
Data time period: 10 1999 to 10 1999
text: westlimit=147.20; southlimit=-43.10; eastlimit=147.50; northlimit=-42.70
text: uplimit=20; downlimit=1
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(DATA - change in carapace length [direct download])
uri :
https://data.imas.utas.edu.au/attachments/afb5e440-44a8-11dc-8cd0-00188b4c0af8/change_in_CL.xls
(DATA - lobster cooking data A [direct download])
(DATA - lobster cooking data B [direct download])
- global : afb5e440-44a8-11dc-8cd0-00188b4c0af8