Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) officers from Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, have successfully used live lobster implanted with microchips to thwart the efforts of illegal fishers. DFO officers placed the bugged crustations, implanted with microchips, in a series of illegal traps that they had under surveillance. The officers then observed three men hauling two untagged traps from the water and searched their boat discovering all six microchipped lobsters. The sting operation netted a total of 13 traps and 54 lobsters. No word on whether or not the creatures were released or enjoyed at the DFO summer party... CBC story here.
