Comments on: Lighthouse Lobster enTrapment http://lighthousestars.com/2007/10/lighthouse-lobster-entrapment.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:06:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Debbie Dolphin http://lighthousestars.com/2007/10/lighthouse-lobster-entrapment.html#comment-96 Debbie Dolphin Sun, 28 Oct 2007 08:33:00 +0000 http://lighthousestars.com/?p=102#comment-96 Thank you all for your compliments!<br/><br/>Your welcome, Debo!<br/>And, the online lobster prices are hard to swallow, too! Thank you all for your compliments!

Your welcome, Debo!
And, the online lobster prices are hard to swallow, too!

]]> By: Debo Hobo http://lighthousestars.com/2007/10/lighthouse-lobster-entrapment.html#comment-95 Debo Hobo Sun, 28 Oct 2007 06:00:00 +0000 http://lighthousestars.com/?p=102#comment-95 I definitely wish I still lived in NE so I don't have to have my lobster shipped to me in dry ice and styrofoam.<br/><br/><br/>P.S.-thanks for the link and mention. I definitely wish I still lived in NE so I don’t have to have
my lobster shipped to me in dry ice and styrofoam.

P.S.-thanks for the link and mention.

]]> By: Dave Lucas http://lighthousestars.com/2007/10/lighthouse-lobster-entrapment.html#comment-94 Dave Lucas Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:09:00 +0000 http://lighthousestars.com/?p=102#comment-94 We took a trip up to Maine early in the Summer. I've always been fascinated by the lighthouses and the "lighthouse culture" served up via the gift shops. You have some wonderful photos here, and I'm certain to return! We took a trip up to Maine early in the Summer.
I’ve always been fascinated by the lighthouses and the “lighthouse culture” served up via the gift shops.
You have some wonderful photos here, and I’m certain to return!

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://lighthousestars.com/2007/10/lighthouse-lobster-entrapment.html#comment-93 Miss Cellania Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:48:00 +0000 http://lighthousestars.com/?p=102#comment-93 This is a nice site you've got here... fascinating stuff I never knew about! This is a nice site you’ve got here… fascinating stuff I never knew about!

]]> By: Debbie Dolphin http://lighthousestars.com/2007/10/lighthouse-lobster-entrapment.html#comment-92 Debbie Dolphin Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:44:00 +0000 http://lighthousestars.com/?p=102#comment-92 Hi Sue,<br/><br/>New Englanders are fortunate to live near a prime seafood region. We buy lobsters when the local markets are selling lobsters at $5 a pound or less. When I see lobsters selling at $7 a pound or higher, they sit in the crowded tank! <br/><br/>The sticker shock price of $50 for one lobster is unthinkable unless someone is starting a lobster farm by buying super stud lobsters! Hi Sue,

New Englanders are fortunate to live near a prime seafood region. We buy lobsters when the local markets are selling lobsters at $5 a pound or less. When I see lobsters selling at $7 a pound or higher, they sit in the crowded tank!

The sticker shock price of $50 for one lobster is unthinkable unless someone is starting a lobster farm by buying super stud lobsters!

]]> By: Sue http://lighthousestars.com/2007/10/lighthouse-lobster-entrapment.html#comment-91 Sue Sat, 27 Oct 2007 08:55:00 +0000 http://lighthousestars.com/?p=102#comment-91 Wow. As someone who gets her lobsters for free, those prices would hurt. And hurt bad. And yeah, the shore price is still about that, maybe $3,50 or $3.75. I'd have to ask my son.<br/><br/>Many places up here will pack and ship for a lot less, and are online too. Or at least can do phone orders. I'm in the wrong business, I can tell you. But then, I say that about everything. <br/><br/>Hey, congrats on your <b>new PR3</b>! I got it too (PR3) for both hauntedlights.com and lighthouse-news.com (from a nice round zero). Wow. As someone who gets her lobsters for free, those prices would hurt. And hurt bad. And yeah, the shore price is still about that, maybe $3,50 or $3.75. I’d have to ask my son.

Many places up here will pack and ship for a lot less, and are online too. Or at least can do phone orders. I’m in the wrong business, I can tell you. But then, I say that about everything.

Hey, congrats on your new PR3! I got it too (PR3) for both hauntedlights.com and lighthouse-news.com (from a nice round zero).

]]> By: Debbie Dolphin http://lighthousestars.com/2007/10/lighthouse-lobster-entrapment.html#comment-90 Debbie Dolphin Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:43:00 +0000 http://lighthousestars.com/?p=102#comment-90 Hi Sue,<br/><br/>According to their website, Lobster Grams have been shipping Live Maine lobsters for 9 years. Currently, they are offering a 15% off special on two one pound lobsters for $52.65 (regular price of $62.00). The post has a story link.<br/><br/>Gorton's is shipping two 1.25 lb. lobsters for $134.95.<br/>Cape Porpoise Lobster is shipping a one pound lobster for $79.00. <br/>Using a $30 average shipping fee, Lobster Grams is the least lobster cost of $16, followed by $40, and $49 (a 1,633 % markup if the $3 boat cost is current).<br/><br/>If I recall correctly, many Maine Lobster Companies have been shipping lobsters for the past 30 years and at least 8 to 10 years online.<br/><br/>The Lighthouse post is about the irony of both nations being trapped in Lobster traps which may cause increased tensions during their long-standing peaceful dispute. I have no idea how many people don't know about Maine Lobster regulations. And, I agree with you that the hard working Maine lobstermen and lobster-women will suffer the most followed by consumers "forced" to pay the increasing lobster prices or go without! Hi Sue,

According to their website, Lobster Grams have been shipping Live Maine lobsters for 9 years. Currently, they are offering a 15% off special on two one pound lobsters for $52.65 (regular price of $62.00). The post has a story link.

Gorton’s is shipping two 1.25 lb. lobsters for $134.95.
Cape Porpoise Lobster is shipping a one pound lobster for $79.00.
Using a $30 average shipping fee, Lobster Grams is the least lobster cost of $16, followed by $40, and $49 (a 1,633 % markup if the $3 boat cost is current).

If I recall correctly, many Maine Lobster Companies have been shipping lobsters for the past 30 years and at least 8 to 10 years online.

The Lighthouse post is about the irony of both nations being trapped in Lobster traps which may cause increased tensions during their long-standing peaceful dispute. I have no idea how many people don’t know about Maine Lobster regulations. And, I agree with you that the hard working Maine lobstermen and lobster-women will suffer the most followed by consumers “forced” to pay the increasing lobster prices or go without!

]]> By: Sue http://lighthousestars.com/2007/10/lighthouse-lobster-entrapment.html#comment-89 Sue Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:19:00 +0000 http://lighthousestars.com/?p=102#comment-89 What a lot of people don't understand is that the Maine Lobsterman's Association is the most tightly self regulated fishery in the world, which is the reason why it's remained so stable over the years. Other fisheries have collapsed, yet Maine's lobster catch grows. I don't blame the Maine lobstermen and women for wanting to protect a territory they've worked hard to keep sustainable. And if the Canadians want the island, fine, but keep their lobstermen in their areas.<br/><br/>Also, what is a lobstergram?<br/><br/>I only know the boat price has gone down this year, to $3 a pound and less at times, while costs have risen, which hurts the lobstermen but obviously not the middlemen and retailers. What a lot of people don’t understand is that the
Maine Lobsterman’s Association is the most tightly self regulated fishery in the world, which is the reason why it’s remained so stable over the years. Other fisheries have collapsed, yet Maine’s lobster catch grows. I don’t blame the Maine lobstermen and women for wanting to protect a territory they’ve worked hard to keep sustainable. And if the Canadians want the island, fine, but keep their lobstermen in their areas.

Also, what is a lobstergram?

I only know the boat price has gone down this year, to $3 a pound and less at times, while costs have risen, which hurts the lobstermen but obviously not the middlemen and retailers.

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