What is the difference between a hard shell Lobster and a soft shell Lobster?
A soft shell lobster is a lobster that has shed its shell. The reason for the shed is there is no more room in the current shell to contain the meat. So the lobster splits down the back and pulls him or herself out of the old shell, with a new shell that has room for growth. Soft shell lobsters generally cost less then the hard shell, but they don’t contain the amount of meat that the hard shell does. Soft shell season generally starts in July and ends around the beginning of December. Soft shells are not recommended for travel as their life expectancy is a lot shorter out of water.
