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Lobster Creek Road, Ulverstone, Tasmania
This road is named after the Tasmanian Giant Freshwater Lobster (Astacopsis gouldi) which is the largest freshwater invertebrate on Earth. The lobster is blue to brown in colour and is only found in northern Tasmania, in rivers and creeks that flow into Bass Strait. It is a slow-growing, large-sized lobster. Not only is it easily caught but it also has a slow reproductive rate, with male and female lobsters taking nine to 14 years respectively to reach sexual maturity. Over-fishing has resulted in the removal of breeding sized lobsters, posing a serious threat to their survival, and together with habitat loss, there has been species decline over the last 40 years and it is now listed as nationally vulnerable. A total ban on fishing for this species was introduced in January 1998. The Lobster Creek area once had a large population of the animals but they are now quite rare.
This road is named after the Tasmanian Giant Freshwater Lobster (Astacopsis gouldi) which is the largest freshwater invertebrate on Earth. The lobster is blue to brown in colour and is only found in northern Tasmania, in rivers and creeks that flow into Bass Strait. It is a slow-growing, large-sized lobster. Not only is it easily caught but it also has a slow reproductive rate, with male and female lobsters taking nine to 14 years respectively to reach sexual maturity. Over-fishing has resulted in the removal of breeding sized lobsters, posing a serious threat to their survival, and together with habitat loss, there has been species decline over the last 40 years and it is now listed as nationally vulnerable. A total ban on fishing for this species was introduced in January 1998. The Lobster Creek area once had a large population of the animals but they are now quite rare.
