Utah restaurant workers spot federally-protected egg-bearing lobster, work quickly to save her

[@ninam.1560]

My question is, before they released her... did they give her a snack? That's the true question that needs to be asked!

[@fastst1]

They better have!!

[@Bhallmed]

@@ninam.1560 I know what channel You are referencing

[@olympiawebb4230]

Heck yeah she needed a snack

[@doctortheopolis3122]

Cheddar Bay biscuits, duh.

[@olympiawebb4230]

@@doctortheopolis3122 😂

[@daphnelu7]

I could see Jacob Knowles being disappointed in the lobsterman who handled her, but elated that she went home

[@margaretdimick2096]

@@daphnelu7 they forgot to send her back with a snack.

[@robertbelli3897]

@@daphnelu7 So true. Go Jacob, l feel like a pro watching Jacob's channel.💯💯💯💯👍👍👍🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞

[@ninam.1560]

​@margaretdimick2096 I was thinking the same thing! That is the true hard hitting question that needs to be asked!

[@patpierce4854]

No snack? The outrage! But she did get her tail notch, for her future protection. 🦞❤️

[@Bullrider33Outdoors]

Well Put

[@alfmagoo]

This is good news. Red Lobster should be proud of this manager and these employees especially the young man who noticed the lobster's behavior. This shows Red Lobster does a good job hiring and training its employees.

[@Sunshine-un5ww]

@@alfmagoo i thought that too. Makes me more inclined to eat there knowing their employees are invested in humane sustainable practices of lobster population.

[@alfmagoo]

@@Sunshine-un5ww I ate there the other day. It was the first time I ate bairdi crab. It was the best crab I ever ate. The server told me Capt. Sig is a seafood advisor to Red Lobster and makes sure they have fresh quality seafood.

[@Sunshine-un5ww]

@@alfmagoo i didn’t know that they take it serious enough they have someone they consult with that gives me more respect for this location. Its nice to see a business take pride in their product and food.

[@alfmagoo]

@@Sunshine-un5ww If people don't get good seafood and get sick, then they will close down forever. I had a friend who worked for a delivery service, and she delivered fresh live lobsters and seafood weekly to Red Lobster.

[@snickerswo1f519]

No it really depend on the manager

[@randumdude5824]

The lobster is telling the age old alien abduction story to it s friends. And they don’t believe her

[@jimsmisadventuresinbeekeeping]

😂

[@yarnycat_crochet]

@@randumdude5824 🤣

[@SweetTea2]

Oh most definitely 😂

[@tinafreeman6937]

🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@IcyRobin]

Unfortunately this is not one of those cases because they do believe her because they’ve seen many of their friends and family members get abducted and aten 😢

[@kutter_ttl6786]

It's been a rough few years for Red Lobster, so it's nice to hear some good publicity from them.

[@encinobalboa]

Female lobster: "Can my brothers come with me?" Red Lobster: "Nope."

[@louie45]

Actually there’s males and females that are in the tank and eaten, not all females can have eggs, if a female is ever caught with eggs they get the V notch and that signifies that can never be kept, however if a female is caught without eggs it’s then assumed it’s one of the females that can’t carry eggs and is kept as long as it meets size requirements.

[@jonmceachran9514]

Red Lobster is really protecting their feedstock

[@soulsreaper7145]

if that was truly true, it never would have been harvested to begin with.

[@alucard4860]

@@soulsreaper7145which as stated in video it was the people who shipped it to red lobster that failed to catch this.

[@julieagarcia6259]

Jacob’s YT channel should be required viewing for all red lobster employees.

[@sueweatherby3729]

Small acts add up to a better world. The staff deserve a big thanks.

[@trinasyoutube]

It’s very nice that they recognized that she needed to be saved & sent back to the ocean. ❤

[@indowneastmaine]

Thank you, from Maine! Our lobster fishery is one of the best regulated in the world. Out of the volume exported from our waters, this is a single mistake.

[@mikalmos369]

While I agree it's a very well regulated and complied with fishery, I highly doubt she was the only one and I doubt very many of them actually make it back into the ocean. I bet it's very unlikely you will find many lines staff in a restaurant that not only would recognize this was an egg bearing female or a female at all for that matter and or realize how important it is to rescue them or care enough to do something about it. This Lobster was very lucky. Red Lobster understood this was a marketing opportunity for them because their business is highly at risk due to the collapse of multiple species populations that feed their restaurant chain throughout the world. I think in this case it was more about the staff but I'm sure corporate Red Lobster made a few calls to a few news outlets. Sadly I doubt this one Lobster made very much of a dent in the problem, however the awareness spread by the story might help a little.

[@alfmagoo]

@@indowneastmaine I am not here to gripe because I know what I am talking about. One mistake does not mean it happens all of the time. It just means it can happen. I know the fishermen do not want to destroy the hand that feeds them. Who cares if corporate called the media. It's nice to see a story with a happy ending. Not all eggs survive in the wild is common knowledge. All people can try to do is their best. In this case, they did

[@soulsreaper7145]

@@alfmagoo are u really comparing small owner operator fishermen, to the ones that are contracted by red lobster to fish?

[@khills]

⁠@@soulsreaper7145 …Maine ONLY allows owner-operator lobstermen. Anyone with a contract to Red Lobster, or anywhere else, working in Maine (like the gent who forgot to give the egger a snack) is an owner-operator. It’s one of many ways Maine practices conservation of the species.

[@julieagarcia6259]

@@mikalmos369 Jacob’s YT channel should be required viewing for all red lobster employees.

[@tdbarton7712]

She may not have pushed out her eggs when she was caught and pushed them out in the few days following her capture.

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

@@tdbarton7712 Females in general are thrown back. They are too important as breeding stock.

[@gilla2092]

Poor thing was probably stressing out and wanting to make sure it finished 😢

[@eldiablo7862]

@gilla I'm sitting on the pot feeling the same way...

[@johnny316b]

that lobster was in 5 different hands before the restaurant BOUGHT AND PAID FOR IT.

[@kimberlywoodbury1739]

@@johnny316b Why are you shouting bought and paid for it?

[@spacebug30]

She could've laid the eggs after she was caught and brought to the restaurant. idk how quick lobsters lay their clutch of eggs though

[@Phlowermom]

I know who didn't catch and sell that lady lobster: Jacob Knowles!! He's a true Sea Shepherd!!!

[@julieagarcia6259]

Jacob’s YT channel should be required viewing for all red lobster employees.

[@hopefletcher7420]

The claws were banded. Did they make sure she could still open and close them after the bands were removed? Check out the first couple of vids for Leon The Lobster. He was saved from a supermarket lobster tank more than two years ago. His claws wouldn't open for quite some time after the bands were removed. He's living the good life these days in Georgia in a huge tank and has molted twice.

[@Matty80822]

I love that between leon and the lobster guy from maine, there seems to be a whole culture of lobster love blooming haha

[@user-tu1ee6dc5f]

If you watched the video of the fisherman releasing her the claws were working really good. Unbanded and clawing away.

[@jessetran7463]

It’s a lobster, they can lose a claw and regrow it.

[@yvonvoyer5812]

@hopefletcher7420 it's funny that you said that because I was going to comment about that lobster and how it had to mult it's shell and grow a new one before it could use it's claws again because the rubber bands damaged it's claws

[@phillipchancey]

That is really cool. I worked at the original red lobster when I was just 16 years old and hold a deep place in my heart. It is no longer the original red lobster. That’s a different place now but it originated in Lakeland where I’m from and I’m happy you guys made the right decision by returning that lobster, it takes a village

[@theresehopkins1581]

Protected for Life ❤❤❤How beautiful 😊❤❤❤ Good people working together to make the world a better place!!!...😊❤🎉 Thanks for a great story!!!

[@ThyUnit.]

This is why I live in Utah!! Most people would say F it and cook it anyway. Too much of a burden! Born and raised in Utah and these are my people!! God blessing your souls!

[@Cyber_Cowboy]

The reason I love Utah this is the lead story Headline News other cities like Chicago got no time for a story like this

[@jbizzo2125]

So many of the stories I see on good people doing the right thing come from Utah

[@philpalmer4877]

Utah might be full of white supremacists and child rapists...but a few restaurant workers respect seafood. 👍🇺🇲

[@user-tu1ee6dc5f]

God's creature!

[@AnastasiaBeaverhousn]

Oh please!! 🥴

[@tomp8871]

Guesstimate , 10,000 eggs per pound, that's how they survive. Love this story, and kudos to the manager.

[@deltalimabravo6727]

Good for them for not ignoring the law and right thing to do! Integrity matters to some more than others.

[@donnam5060]

So glad someone noticed, and got her back to the ocean!

[@oriolcuba]

In other news, a lobster has launch a lawsuit against redlobster, for pain and suffering… 😂🤣😂😂

[@bormz7191]

Other lobsters: "Hey you forgot us!"

[@kevint5391]

I worked at a lobster farm many many years ago and sometimes egg bearing lobster to get by. It’s not a big big deal. We would always just go out back and throw them into the canal

[@julieagarcia6259]

Jacob’s YT channel should be required viewing for all red lobster employees.

[@Sophiathewigglebut]

GREAT JOB Red Lobster!!! 🤩😍🦞

[@stephanieallangarman5598]

Thank you for ensuring she got back to her natural habitat. May she hatch many more. ❤️‍🔥👍🏽☺️

[@jeanniestegner9915]

The kind of news we need everyday. Thank you for saving her and her babies. ❤😊😊😊

[@TheTishy44]

“A part of the family”? I guess it’s okay to eat your family then.

[@indowneastmaine]

Lobsters are known cannibals on occasion.

[@runascarlet2623]

So what if it is?!?

[@debbiemaccabe1929]

It’s against the law to sell our Maine egg bearing lobster

[@momogal04]

She had no notch and likely pushed the eggs out after being caught.

[@StarchildeX]

I love this story! Thank you!!🦞💖

[@MasterBiffPudwell]

I'm sure @JacobKnowles was glad to see her returned to the fishery. Pretty cheap for the lobsterman who released her to not giver her a snack though. Just saying.

[@julieagarcia6259]

Jacob’s YT channel should be required viewing for all red lobster employees.

[@janinestearns7288]

From a Maine-iac: Thanks, Utah! We wondered where she’d gone! Lol

[@Scheherazade-wq1ve]

oh ooo...now she will go back and tell the other lobsters what we do with them.....

[@paulamcdonald6568]

Most expensive lobster rescue ever!

[@AnastasiaBeaverhousn]

Yes but it HAD to be done! The females that can produce eggs HAVE to be protected!

[@kevinjefferey9792]

The kid laughing reminded me of a Halloween decoration. Scared me😂

[@Lp-ze1tg]

Red lobster had commercial to save them.

[@SimplySergMX_arts]

She wasn’t eaten , but her sister did.

[@user-tu1ee6dc5f]

males are only harvested.

[@Gentry1753]

Considering all the other issues in the world right now. Was this really news worthy ?

[@julieagarcia6259]

Yes

[@cameron.t]

Go comment on news you find relevant. Nobody is holding a gun to your head 😂

[@darkninjacorporation]

It IS a big win for sustainability! Every female carries thousands of eggs. Even if only a small amount of those hatch and reach adulthood it can still be a very large number of lobsters. They did a good thing for the species!

[@johncrow9952]

This is advertisement you can never buy. My mother exposed me to seafood 50 years ago at Red Lobster. Jacob Knowles should be their only Maine lobster vendor!

[@julieagarcia6259]

Jacob’s YT channel should be required viewing for all red lobster employees.

[@Hydragames648]

She must be so relieved she and her eggs survived

[@tanuki0803]

Who is the supplier that didn't throw her back and captured her? Thanks to the employee

[@BLOXKAFELLARECORDS]

They saved 1 lobster. 😂 calm down.

[@kristineterpening1333]

kudo's Red Lobster.!

[@stazorm1]

For every fifty thousand eggs, only two lobsters will make it.

[@sf9145]

Awsome, thank you!

[@BudaKhan420]

Seems like that most egg layers lay enough eggs so that one survives to maturity each year

[@khills]

Unfortunately, no. Despite some really good efforts, the catch of juvenile lobsters in the Gulf of Maine has been consistently down 40% for the past three years. The only good news attached to that is that lobstermen have agreed to modify catch quotas starting in 2025 in an effort to preserve the species and the fishing population.

[@LenaMellow]

Thank you all!

[@Jason-rs6co]

wow thank god. that was a close one. we can all relax now

[@sharonlefebure3892]

Now that’s a “feel good story” if I’ve ever heard one!

[@carmelaszymanski8232]

YYAAYY. SAVED HER!!!

[@cleny217]

Oh we got an Egger! Make sure to give a snack before they release her.

[@julieagarcia6259]

Jacob’s YT channel should be required viewing for all red lobster employees.

[@mikalmos369]

Unless I'm mistaken, isn't that Lobster going to lose that v-notch in her tail after a few molts?

[@Fujoshi1412]

From a few other videos it seems if the notch isn’t as visible or is getting to that point they renotch them.

[@milkystar4241]

She’s marked for life! Free to live forever ❤

[@fangirlsruineverything]

She must have been very grateful and confused.

[@lordy1952]

How did this happen in the first place?

[@Lost10mm.]

Actually they can get impregnated before they are caught or even during transport. I have gotten so many shimp that produced young. But the craziest thing is when you only have one shrimp and it keeps having young without any other shrimp in the tank 🤷‍♂️ plus they usually eat them if not separated immediately after they are released.

[@terin1862]

When a boy lobster loves a girl lobster very much...❤😂🦞🦞🦞🦞

[@wolffriendinus]

If her tail wasn't notched yet and her eggs weren't visible, then the lobster fishermen don't know she's a breeder. Therefore, as far as they can tell, she's a legal catch. Now that her tail is notched though anyone that catches her will immediately toss her back in the ocean. Also if she's caught and the notch is starting to go away (it happens as they shed their shell) then that fishermen will give her a new and improved notch.

[@frankmacleod2565]

probably somebody made a mistake.

[@frankmacleod2565]

@@terin1862 hahaha

[@r3gret2079]

Was the tail not notched? How tf did that happen? Someone made a big booboo. Edit: ok so it wasn't notched. That makes it so much better. No notch they wouldn't really know, unless they checked...

[@macking104]

If it was from Maine, should have had a notch in the tail indicating toss it back.

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

It was likely it's first time getting caught.

[@LayllasLocker]

I never understood why would anyone eat lobsters. Especially the way they are unalived. 😢

[@lang-ed3bk]

1. I thought red lobster closed 2. Didn’t realize they had such policy 3. Didn’t realize we eat only males

[@Ricardosucio]

I hope they gave the lobster a cheddar biscuit before they released her

[@Lady.Tijuri]

beautiful & thx to all the ppl involved ❤️

[@pamelanadel3787]

Great story!

[@goalieman206]

I’ve eaten lobsters before with eggs inside of them. If the eggs haven’t been pushed out yet then no one would know. I’m sure this lobster was caught legally and in the shipping process she pushed out her eggs. This is something that is bound to happen and I don’t there was any wrongdoing in it.

[@leaarinwarkentine]

I'm relatively sure males and females are usually different colors and, if nothing else, the females have larger tails and extra swimmerets. Several people weren't paying attention along the way

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

It's not just about the eggs. Females aren't supposed to be harvested, and the eggs are what made it obvious they accidentally got a female.

[@quasar8898]

red lobster is already closing hundreds of location and getting rid of thousands of workers. The entire chain might close shortly- due to lack of income and high expenses. Was spending all that time and money on ONE lobster really a wise choice?

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

It's a bad economy. Maybe some good press will get some people giving their local RL a chance. But really most retail and restaurants are feeling the squeeze and it's silly to be mad that failing locations close.

[@julieagarcia6259]

Yes

[@minibikemadman]

ive had one come into my laat job...went and put her back into the ocean .its kinda weird with all the eggs underneath.

[@DavidTaylor-n1z]

In Utah children are sacrificed but an animal is spared.

[@SelfTaughtArtist1]

I hope you don’t live here.

[@mattbosley3531]

Children are sacrificed all over the U.S. with inadequate healthcare for both pregnant mothers and children and lack of food and housing.

[@alfmagoo]

You can't let anyone be proud for a day. Red Lobster did its job.

[@lemontea128]

You’re literally comparing apples to oranges. If you’re so concerned, why don’t you start a movement or something for those children instead of just being a keyboard warrior.

[@MelanieH1422]

@@lemontea128 There is literally already a movement. Why is it so wrong to support it? Quit lambasting and accept the reality.

[@Dirty17366]

Great job!!!

[@NeonKue]

GOT AN EGGER!

[@you2angel1]

Heck yeah Humanity let's turn this boat around That's what we're supposed to be doing. Protect species by caring & honoring for its reproductive nature. It's not just a lobster it's an inheritance. °~•.☆.•~°

[@Steelmaniac17]

The Lobster Legion now knows the name "Red Lobster", the CEO's best beware! I fear a crustacean based war may be approaching our shores as we speak!

[@regularguy8592]

that is the kind of place I want to eat at!

[@whaaasf2648]

My question is out of all the years red lobster 😮

[@Amtcboy]

No animals were harmed during this presentation.

[@luisor3820]

Do not eat lobster...they are cooking alive in hot water and slowy..is a torture !!!!!!!

[@komikbookgeek]

@@luisor3820 not always, it's common to dispatch them first now or to freeze them

[@julieagarcia6259]

I don’t eat crab either.😢

[@StrayDogTheExposer]

Nice story. They should of went ahead and pardoned the entire aquarium.

[@Sanfransweety]

Wait iam confused ....dint they carry their eggs for snother 9 months but hers just fell on the floor of the tank..? How is that going to work?

[@lisatirkot7210]

Yuk who eats at red lobster.? Horrible

[@julieagarcia6259]

Two words: cheddar biscuits

[@jtorres8639]

Some of the lobsters I have at Joe's crab shack are served steamed with all their eggs/roe attached

[@terryrogers-kulick9499]

Very commendale! Kuddos to the Red Lobster team!

[@hunterseay6041]

Every Chinese restaurant just cried

[@BudaKhan420]

They better have made sure she made it to the bottom safely

[@spacebug30]

Didn't give her a snacko for the way back down :(

[@JRL-8]

Omggg you watch the fisherman toooo 😂🐟🦞

[@boostlee5236]

"You can live if you can do something for me"

[@oliverlacey3765]

Slow day in the news...

[@TinaWina1]

Save her so you all can eat more of her babies 😢

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

Are you vegan or something? Also lobsters eat meat primarily and are also prey to other animals. That is how nature works.

[@SkiesTurnedGrey]

And as she floated slowly back down the water column to the sea floor, a hungry shark came along and munched her. In all seriousness, I hope she made it safely and found a good, secure spot for her eggs.

[@JH-co9iz]

😂

[@trig1988x]

i thought red lobster was shut down from there endless shrimp failures

[@jakekgfn]

Did she get some cheddar biscuits for the ride home

[@larkt6693]

Saved by the EGG 🎉🎉👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼❤

[@Bi9Clapper]

WE GOT AN EGGER

[@julierogers1155]

YAY! Well done. Thank you.

[@Tawsoe1730]

Are they getting refun?

[@lilacscentedfushias1852]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼well done!

[@wpgitchick]

Wonder what she's saying to her friends down there

[@KingFergus]

How much carbon was blasted into the atmosphere to transport that lobster? This is why "green" is a joke

[@Tiewaz]

It makes me wonder how she got caught anyway. Lobstermen will keep females who aren't notched and don't have eggs because it's assumed they aren't producers. Would she have been eggless when caught and then boom, there they were at the restaurant? Otherwise, I would be highly disappointed in the crew that caught and sent her along.

[@bigpauliep6992]

"A female was mistakenly sent to the restaurant." That's a bit harsh, exposing Dean like that.

[@stellarjuju8788]

Without these breeding mamma's there wouldn't be a reb lobster so good on the mgmt for doing the right thing 👍

[@jessewilson8676]

Now will the restaurant be reimbursed for the costs?

[@yugoyankoff-vh7in]

I’d say that it has way too much Karo Syrup running through its veins .