Researchers have projected significant changes in the habitat of commercially important American lobster and sea scallops on the Northeast U.S. continental shelf. They used a suite of models to estimate how species will react ...
Ecology
Jun 5, 2020
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A new study by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) found that New England's historic lobster fishery may turn a higher profit by operating with less gear in the water and a shorter season. The findings ...
Ecology
May 27, 2020
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Noises produced by European spiny lobsters—known as antennal rasps—may be detectable up to 3 kilometers underwater, according to a study in Scientific Reports. The sound, created when lobsters rub an extension of their ...
Plants & Animals
May 21, 2020
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Levels of virus infection in lobsters seem to be related to habitat and other species, new studies of Caribbean marine protected areas have shown.
Plants & Animals
May 21, 2020
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Scientists have developed a test that can identify hybrids resulting from crossbreeding between European and American lobsters.
Plants & Animals
May 11, 2020
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Tiny fragments of plastic waste are dispersed throughout the environment, including the oceans, where marine organisms can ingest them. However, the subsequent fate of these microplastics in animals that live near the bottom ...
Environment
Apr 8, 2020
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A pair of studies by Maine-based scientists suggest the U.S. lobster industry is headed for a period of decline, but likely not a crash.
Ecology
Dec 1, 2019
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Aquaculture in Sweden could be more sustainable if by-products from industrial feed production were used instead of wild-caught aquafeed, according to studies at the University of Gothenburg.
Ecology
Nov 12, 2019
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The Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus is under threat from a deadly virus. Panulirus argus 1 (PaV1) is found throughout the Caribbean, infecting up to 30% of lobsters in some areas.
Ecology
Nov 5, 2019
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Two new studies published by University of Maine scientists are putting a long-standing survey of the American lobster's earliest life stages to its most rigorous test yet as an early warning system for trends in New England's ...
Ecology
Oct 25, 2019
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