OTTAWA, July 21 (Chinese media) -- A 10-kilogram giant lobster that has drawn sympathy from across Canada has finally avoided being cooked and instead will be heading to a marine facility, according to Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) on Monday.
The creature named Big Dee-Dee has pr
Since July 10, the giant crustacean has been held in a lobster tank at a local fish market for auction. An offer of 5,000 Canadian dollars (about 5,000 U.S. dollars) has been put in from an Ontario organization that wanted to have the lobster for a banquet.
But on Friday, Breau agreed to accept 3,000 Canadian dollars from Vancouver resident Laura-Leah Shaw and two anonymous Ontario donors who wanted to release the giant back into the Bay of Fundy between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
However, Breau said on Sunday he has decided he will instead be giving the lobster to the Huntsman Marine Science Center in New Brunswick province.
Breau said he was not sure that after being held in the tank Dee-Dee would survive a release back into the Bay of Fundy where he was originally caught, as the change of temperature may have been too much for the old lobster, he said.
The creature will be placed in one of the marine center's aquariums and monitored closely to see how it adjusts to captivity, said a spokesman for the center.
If Dee-Dee does not adjust to being held in the new tank, the marine center will look at ways to release it back in the Bay of Fundy and increase the chances of survival, he said.
Vancouver resident Laura-Leah Shaw said she has mixed feelings on the news the lobster will not be returned to the ocean immediately.
"I'll be sad if he doesn't end up in the ocean, however, I'm ever so grateful if in fact he stays out of the cook pot and also by the owner not profiting off this lobster," she said.
Shaw said she hopes the attention generated by Dee-Dee will have legislators think about putting maximum size limits on lobster to protect the older creatures from harvesting.
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