Monday, May 21, 2012
The Associated Press
BOOTHBAY HARBOR — A giant 27-pound lobster has been caught off the Maine coast, but it won't be going into a pot of boiling water.
Maine State Aquarium Director Aimee Hayden-Rodriques holds a 27 pound, nearly 40 inch long, lobster caught by Robert Malone off the coast of Maine near Rockland on Feb. 17. The aquarium named the crustacean "Rocky." (AP Photo/Maine State Aquarium)
Photo courtesy of Maine State Aquarium
"Rocky", the 27-pound Maine lobster, is displayed at the aquarium.
Photo courtesy of Maine State Aquarium
Cushing shrimp fisherman Robert Malone caught the monster crustacean in his nets Friday. He gave it to the Department of Marine Resources to deliver to the aquarium it operates in Boothbay Harbor.
The beast weighs 27 pounds and measures nearly 40 inches long. It was dubbed Rocky because it was caught in the Rockland area.
The lobster is the biggest ever brought to the aquarium and huge compared to 1- to 2-pound lobsters people typically eat. The biggest lobster on record was caught off Nova Scotia and weighed more than 40 pounds.
Hayden-Rodriquez says Rocky will soon be released into the ocean because he'll fare better in the wild.
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