A Look At Lobster Delivery

By Thomas Smith


Lobsters are one of items that are highly perishable. When transporting them for consumption away from the fishing point, one ought to be very cautious. For proper lobster delivery they should transported while alive. To achieve this condition, they need to be packaged well and transported under well-adjusted conditions. The thing of concern during shipping is to ensure that they remain cool and moisture while being transported.

It has been found that if kept under a good place that is moist and cool, it consumes less oxygen. This makes transportation easy and affordable. Under high temperatures, the rate of oxygen consumption is very high. This makes its transportation expensive and quite difficult. Most of lobsters die during transportation due to lack of enough oxygen. Therefore, its rate of usage must be regulated to ensure that it is able to reach destination.

The importance of keeping it moist is to ensure that the gills remain functional. Normally, under proper care most lobsters can live to the outer world for about four to five days. During shipping, never pack them close to the ice. Dry ice produces a lot of carbon dioxide that may cause a great problem to it. On the other hand placing it in fresh water, may make it absorb water through osmosis hence swelling up a condition that may make it burst.

Shipping it under sea water is also not recommendable because it uses all the oxygen within a short period of time. However, this can be made successful by connecting the tank full of seawater to equipment that helps in aeration. The use of refrigerated trucks is actually the best method of transporting them while alive, because under this condition, moisture and the temperature are properly kept under check.

Before commencing the journey during transportation, crucial preparations should be done. It is important to expose them to a cool environment so that are not highly affected when moved to a cold place, due to sudden change in temperature. They are not friendly to the environment whose temperature changes abruptly.

Do not let them feed immediately before transportation. This is because they are likely to vomit, making the environment a grotesque one. At the same time they may require too much oxygen, to enhance respiration which may be at its maximum. This high demand of oxygen may not be available and may make it consume the available one within a short duration of time.

It is not advisable to transport them in air tight conditions because the carbon dioxide gas that is being expelled remains in the environment leaving a tiny place for oxygen. To avoid this menace, it is important to aerate the place where they are packed to make it more efficient. It is not advisable to transport them while wounded because their shells can easily break.

There are many companies that engage in lobster transportation. This shows that it is very important to use efficient method to select the best company to make the process successful. To get one you, may search online or even ask friends or relatives who have ever received such services. Choose one, which is highly modernized and whose prices are friendly.




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