Pete F wrote:
>
> Some commercial fishermen do take the long view of their resource.  Here in
> Maine there is both an upper and lower size limit of lobster.  Also females
> with eggs that are caught in the traps have their tails notched and are
> thrown back. (snip)

The numbers of H. americanus, the Maine lobster, are indeed very high,
and the take regulations have contributed. An important contribution to
the take of Maine lobster, however, is the near extinction of predatory
fish.