ABC News interviews Bayer about 22-pound lobster
ABC News spoke with Bob Bayer, executive director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, for a report about a 22-pound lobster believed to be over 100 years old. Louie the lobster has been greeting customers at Peter’s Clam Bar in Hempstead, New York for 20 years, but the restaurant’s owner told ABC News he decided to let Louie go after he became aggressive. The Hempstead town supervisor officially pardoned Louie before he was placed onto a boat and released into the wild, according to the report. Bayer said Louie has a pretty good chance of surviving. “It’s not the ideal place to let it go, but I think he’ll be fine,” Bayer said. “If the water quality is reasonable that lobster will be fine. They run basically on instinct so it should be able to find food.” WTOP in Washington, News Channel Nebraska and KNSS in Wichita, Kansas carried the ABC Radio report. Food & Wine and VegNews Magazine also cited the report in an article on the topic.