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Mothers Day: A salute to marine mothers, from lobsters to octopus
What makes the she lobster so contemporary is that she goes looking for her mate by tapping and poking the tips of her claws into the male abode, and if she finds the lucky catch, she enters, whereupon the male taps his claws as a welcoming gesture (she hopes). This behaviour is known as “boxing.” It is thought the future husband actually taps her to get a sense of the hardness of her shell and when she may molt, because when she does, the matrimonial action occurs! She will then lie on her back while the male performs his magnificent gesture. >click to read< 12:01
Alaska cod pot fisherman earn extra flexibility with new octopus quota – Alaska Dispatch
Jim Paulin | Dutch Harbor Fisherman | Oct 06, 2012
The giant Pacific octopus probably won’t shut down the pot cod season early again this year in the Bering Sea.
Last year, the bycatch limit of 150 octopus was reached on Oct. 24, and the big boat Pacific pot cod fishery closed with 647 metric tons unharvested,
according to Krista Milani of the National Marine Fisheries Service in Unalaska…. Read More http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/alaska-cod-pot-fisherman-earn-extra-flexibility-new-octopus-quota
