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Maine’s lobster industry netted $725 million in 2021. The study could help fishermen and other stakeholders anticipate ocean changes that influence lobster distribution and abundance.
Investigating how a rapidly warming Arctic will affect American lobster populations and the communities that depend on them in New England and Atlantic Canada will be the focus of a University of Maine-led study backed by a $3 million award from the.
Ongoing research suggests that Maine's unique oceanographic features should help keep waters suitable for lobsters, and that continued conservation measures can keep the fishery resilient against future threats.
Maine's lobster industry faces a range of challenges, including recruiting and retaining crew, higher costs, increased regulations and pressure on the remaining working waterfront, a new study shows.