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Show LOBSTERS THRIVE THERE Those Imported From Jersey Coast to Puget Sound Po Well. I Lobsters, eighteen inches long, nru iHSIng taken from the wnter nt Qullcene, Wash., in a nowly Invented gill net. Four years ago 000 young lobsters from tho New Jersey coast were transplanted on nood's canal, on arm of Puget sound, as an experiment. Tho tempcraturo of Uio water here averaces ten degrees colder than that of the Atlantic, but tho lobsters hnve thrived and increased. Nets are set at Intervals along the shore to ascertain Just how prolific tticso sbell-ilsh havo been, Enstcrn oysters planted in Pugot sound several sev-eral years ago have Increased until tho home product supplies tho Northwest North-west markets. |