Live lobster shipping method

A method of packaging live lobsters for shipment, said method comprising the steps of:

• providing a carton large enough to accommodate a plurality of live lobsters, said carton having bottom, top and side walls, at least said top wall being comprised of flaps which may be opened to gain access to said interior;
• introducing a protective means into said carton to safeguard lobsters contained therein from injury which might otherwise be occasioned by said lobsters being thrown about and against one another during shipment, said protective means defining a plurality of compartments within said carbon;
• introducing lobsters into at least some of said compartments, the thus introduced lobsters being confined within said compartments and segregated one from the other;
• arranging cooling means within said carton to lower the interior temperature thereof and thereby prolong the life of the lobsters confined within said compartments;
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• closing said flaps;