v notch

[pdive]

Are divers supposed to v-notch bugs' tails if they find them with berries?
Coaxed a big blue beauty (crusher claw was as big as my hand) out of a hole today and no notch on the tail. But once we finally got to look under her we saw a bunch of eggs, and we put her back in her house. Should I have notched her tail? Is that what that point on the end of the caprice scale is for?

 

[pdive]

I'm not feeling the love

 

[LUBOLD8431]

I have never read anything which says that divers should notch lobster tails. Just put them back if they have eggs.

 

[scubastew]

I have heard that you can V-notch but you'd be best to pick up some good scissor. I have done a V with a knife but it was way to difficult (and I wouldnt bother again). I have not heard that divers V-notching it's mandatory however.

 

[Charlie99]

Commercial guys in LMA-1 (north side of Cape Cod, up to the NH border) are required to notch females on berries.

Recreational lobsterers are explicitly exempted from the requirement to notch.

Illegal to take a notched female, whether or not she has eggs.

http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dmf/publications/lobs_abs_102605.pdf

 

[Johnw...ski]

Commercial guys in LMA-1 (north side of Cape Cod, up to the NH border) are required to notch females on berries.

Recreational lobsterers are explicitly exempted from the requirement to notch.

Illegal to take a notched female, whether or not she has eggs.

http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dmf/publications/lobs_abs_102605.pdf

What, no caviar lobster?
I suppose you object to the little cocktail lobster also?