Lobsters' existence threatened

Tissamaharama special corr

Lobsters will soon be extinct from the Southern Coastal belt, according to fisheries development officers.

They said the killing of lobsters that bear eggs and catching of small lobsters by unruly fisherfolk have threatened the existence of the species.

They said a lobster bears hundreds of eggs. Killing lobsters that bear eggs paves the way for the destroying of small lobsters that would have been born.