Old Man Lobster

On July 10th, a 10 kilogram (22 pound) lobster was caught off the cost of New Brunswick and has been held in a fish store tank since. The current owner of the the lobster dubbed Big Dee-Dee, (how East coast is that name?), has decided to give it to the Huntsman Marine Science Centre in St. Andrews where it will be placed in an aquarium and monitored. If Dee-Dee can't adjust to life in captivity he may be released back to the Bay of Fundy.

So what?

Well, first of all I find it hilarious that "Federal fisheries officials say it can't be returned to the ocean without a permit." A permit? I don't need to spell out the ludicrousness of that.

Second, I read two articles on this story. Regarding the age of the lobster, the CBC says that "experts now believe [it] to be 30 years old" while Canwest News claims that "'Big Dee-Dee' is believed to be 100 years old". Not even close...so who do you trust? I need a lobster biologist on deck!