Scientist: Baby lobster count drops off US coast, Canada (Update)
The number of young lobsters is declining in the Gulf of Maine despite years of record-breaking harvests, a University of Maine marine scientist has warned.
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New lobster fishing rules on the way amid warming waters
New restrictions are coming to southern New England's lobster fishery in an attempt to save the area's population of the crustaceans, which has dwindled as waters have warmed.
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May 9, 2017
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New rules for lobstering in southern New England up for vote
New restrictions on lobster fishing are up for a vote early next week as regulators try to slow the loss of the valuable crustaceans from southern New England waters.
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May 5, 2017
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Rings in stomach could be key to telling lobsters' ages
Researchers are testing a technique they say could determine the age of lobsters.
Ecology
Feb 26, 2017
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DMC researchers test technique to determine lobster's age
Research professor Rick Wahle and graduate student Carl Huntsberger are testing a technique at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center to determine the age of lobsters.
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Feb 20, 2017
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Celestial cat meets cosmic lobster
Astronomers have for a long time studied the glowing, cosmic clouds of gas and dust catalogued as NGC 6334 and NGC 6357, this gigantic new image from ESO's Very Large Telescope Survey Telescope being only the most recent ...
Astronomy
Feb 1, 2017
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Lobstermen question need for restrictions to help species
Some lobster fishermen expressed skepticism Tuesday about a plan to try to revive the dwindling southern New England lobster stock through new fishing restrictions.
Ecology
Jan 31, 2017
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Valuable Caribbean spiny lobsters get their food from an unexpected source
In the typical food web that most of us learned in school, the sun is the ultimate source of energy. Plants use energy from the sun to produce their own food via photosynthesis. Animals eat those plants or other animals. ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 8, 2016
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Warming temperatures can reduce marine diversity but increase freshwater species
In contrast to previous research, scientists have found that habitat warming can reduce the diversity of species in marine environments, but increase speciation in freshwater habitats.
Ecology
Oct 4, 2016
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Rising ocean temperatures threaten baby lobsters
If water temperatures in the Gulf of Maine rise a few degrees by end of the century, it could mean trouble for lobsters and the industry they support.
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Sep 22, 2016
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