Tag: Lobster
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Happy National Lobster Day! 🦞
As an ocean sciences research institution, Bigelow Laboratory is proud to celebrate this crustacean and the important role it plays. From ecosystem influences to economic…
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Lobster in the Forecast 🦞
Lobster is deeply woven into the culture and economy of Maine and Atlantic Canada, making its future an important focus for ecological forecasters. But a…
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Research Highlight: Tiny ocean species hold clues to the future of Maine lobsterÂ
Over the last several years, scientists and resource managers have observed a decline in the number of young lobsters surviving into adulthood in the Gulf…
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It’s (Not) a Trap
If you’re clawing for a first-hand account of what it’s like lobstering on the Gulf of Maine, join us at Footbridge Brewery on Thursday, May…
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Deep Impact
With all the chaos in federal science funding this year, it would have been easy to lose focus on the vital research that drives discovery…
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You Heard that Right (Whales)
Senior Research Scientist Nick Record was featured on the latest episode of the Make Science Make Sense podcast. Nick and Curt Brown, a lobsterman and…
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Carapace Conundrum
Warming waters helped drive a catastrophic collapse of the Southern New England lobster fishery in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Adult lobsters failed to…
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Cracking the Lobster’s Dietary Code
The American lobster may be one of the economic and ecological cornerstones of the Gulf of Maine ecosystem, but scientists still know surprisingly little about…