To the casual observer in the Gulf of Mexico, the seemingly sluggish red grouper is more of a couch potato than a busy beaver. But a new study led by researchers at The Florida State University reveals the fish to be both ...
Ecology
Jan 20, 2010
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A shell disease that has plagued the southern New England lobster industry by making lobsters unsightly and in some cases unmarketable appears to be creeping northward to the lobster-rich grounds off Maine.
Ecology
Aug 11, 2013
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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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(AP)—A fisherman has caught a rare lobster that's bright orange with dark blue spots.
Plants & Animals
Jul 30, 2014
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Variation in lobster molt timing has been increasing in recent years, and is related to changing ocean temperatures in the Gulf of Maine, according to a new University of Maine study—one of the first to provide a quantified ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 18, 2019
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Norway lobsters' secret love of jellyfish has been caught on camera for the first time, raising questions about whether jellyfish blooms are pests or potential food sources for the commercial fishing industry.
Plants & Animals
Jan 4, 2018
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(Phys.org) —A world-first scientific study has found that, weakened by microscopic borers, the world's coral reefs will erode more rapidly as the oceans warm and acidify.
Environment
Mar 17, 2013
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Artificial reefs have been constructed at Borssele 1 & 2 wind farm off the Netherlands coast of Zeeland to boost underwater wildlife. Research by Wageningen Marine Research (WMR) shows that cod can often be found near the ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 18, 2023
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Developing a noninvasive procedure to determine the viability of lobsters for shipping was the goal of a recent cross-discipline research project led by a University of Maine undergraduate student.
Other
Mar 30, 2015
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Managing the Gulf of Maine’s $300 million lobster industry has been a practice mostly reliant upon the physical size of adult stocks, a system called stock assessment and one that’s made policymaking ...
Other
Jul 13, 2010
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