Abstract: An apparatus and method for raising lobsters in multicellular cages in which each cage has a feedport and a food-carrying member is adapted to be inserted into and through the feedport. The method includes lifting the cage out of the water contained in a holding tank, removing uneaten food through the feedport from each cage, washing away any unused food, supplying a food substance to the food-carrying member in such a manner that the food substance is encapsulated thereon, returning the food-carrying member to the cage and then lowering the cage into the water of the holding tank.