In Lobster Week, A Seafood Restaurant 'Pardons' A 132-Year-Old Lobster, Sets It Free Into Ocean
¡°He¡¯s the largest and oldest of all my lobsters,¡± Yamali told the New York Post on being asked about the 22-pound, 132-year-old crustacean.
On account of National Lobster Week, a 132-year-old lobster, one of the oldest in the place, was released back into the waters by a seafood restaurant in Long Island New York.
Louie, as the gigantic old lobster has been named, was being raised for the past few decades, in a tank at Peter¡¯s Clam Bar in Hempstead, which is ironically a seafood specialty Restaurant.
Butch Yamali, the owner of the bar, has never treated the monster as though it was soon to make a delicious dish on an elaborate platter; rather, he has always seen him like his own pet.
Peter's Clam Bar
¡°He¡¯s the largest and oldest of all my lobsters,¡± Yamali told the New York Post on being asked about the 22-pound, 132-year-old crustacean. ¡°It¡¯s happy and sad.¡±
Yamali bequeathed the beautiful beast four years ago, when he procured ownership of the bar four years ago, ever since when he has abstained relentlessly from selling him off to several hungry customers, one of whom even offered to pay a thousand bucks for the sheer prerogative of getting to feed on the much loved and pampered lobster.
¡°He said, ¡®I want to bring it home for a Father¡¯s Day feast,¡¯¡± Yamali told the New York Post about the big deal.
¡°I mean, that would¡¯ve been some impressive feast. But I didn¡¯t want to sell it.¡±
Peter's Clam Bar
¡°It¡¯s like a pet now, I couldn¡¯t sell it,¡± Yamali added to this.
Yamali, upon realising that he would never be prepared to see Louie served in a platter, instead, organised a ceremony especially for the pardon and release of Louie back into his home, the wild ocean. The town supervisor, Anthony Santino, even prepared a pardon to be signed at the event.
¡°Today I¡¯m announcing an official pardon for Louie the Lobster,¡± proclaimed Santino as he unleashed the aged creature back to where he belonged. ¡°Louie may have faced a buttery fate on a seafood lover¡¯s plate, but today we are here to return Louie to a life that is better down where it¡¯s wetter.¡±
They let him go in the Atlantic Beach reef near the village of Island Park. Bob Bayer, at the Lobster Institute in Maine, when interviewed by the post, was positive about Louie¡¯s future. He said it is unlikely that ocean predators would try grabbing him, thanks to his age. If the waters allow, the senior crustacean may even end up finding a mate for himself.
