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Well I finally finished the second video of the 3-part Youtube video series ‘Tropical Spiny Rock Lobster 101 - species Panulirus 'ornatus' - Video (2of3)’ which I started work on New Year’s day. It...

(much more information to be added to this thread at a later date)

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This photo shows the complete frame with all the bracing....

Posted September 29, 2018

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The frame base needs length sections which will allow the plastic 5gal.''Jerry' cans to be...

It took me a couple of months to find the species of bamboo I wanted to use to make the first four frames. This is a thick-walled dwarf bamboo species which will allow me to build a frame at a 3/4...

I built one complete floating 'light' trap frame and but it through a lot of stress testing and I am quite pleased with the results..
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So you see my personal drawings above showing the types of traps I have already built or presently in the process of building, but do not understand what they are designed to catch. You may also not...

The frame is constructed of a medium size lightweight bamboo lengths, which is lashed together with nylon monofilament 1.90mm line which is 150lbs.test rated, the local hardware stores simply...

There are certain advantages with Vietnam style 'coconut log' traps which I particularly like. They materials easily obtainable, unsophisticated and easily constructed, biodegradable and are...

Over the following weeks I will be adding quite a bit of new information to this thread, and there may be forum members who have a deep interest in lobster 'grow-out' aquaculture.

I fully...

This is a spin-off thread from the 'Building a Small Lobster Hatchery here in the Philippines'...