Lobster packing box system

A method for making a packing box for lobsters and other crustaceans, comprising the steps of

• forming a box with sides and bottom and an integral webwork of partitions forming at least one open top vertical cell,
• cutting said box along a vertical cut line into at least two side wall parts where each said part contains at least one vertical pocket portion of said at least one said vertical cell, and
• removably binding said at least two parts together at said vertical cut line such at said parts may be later separated.

A packing container system for lobsters and other crustaceans, comprising

• an open top box containing an array of open top vertical cells and a matching box top, said box and said top being of molded foam construction, said box consisting of two side wall parts and at least one partition wall part cut along vertical cut lines from a common molded foam component so as to expose vertical mating faces, each said vertical mating face having at least one vertically elongate open pocket, said pocket being a portion of a said open top vertical cell divided by said vertical cut line, said parts being removably connectable at said vertical mating faces with said pockets aligned as said open top vertical cells, said top being removably closable on said box.