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Can lab-grown lobster compete with Maine’s most lucrative catch?
A food tech company in Wisconsin plans to commercialize cultured lobster meat, but industry leaders in Maine say they don t see it as an immediate threat.
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Ian Johnson reviews the proliferation of lobster cells through a high-tech microscope. Johnson is co-founder and chief scientific officer at Cultured Decadence, a Wisconsin-based startup that is developing a process for growing cultured lobster meat directly from cells. Photo courtesy of Cultured Decadence
With over 1,200 miles between Cultured Decadence’s headquarters in Wisconsin and the Maine coast, its foray into the lobster game may seem an unlikely choice.
Baby lobsters may be adaptable to changes in Gulf of Maine, study shows
A team examined how post-larval lobsters genes react to the effects of ocean warming, acidification and the combination of both.
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Baby lobsters may be more adaptable to rapidly changing ocean conditions than previously thought, according to results of a new study conducted in Maine.
A juvenile lobster is shown in Harpswell in 2015. A research team has examined how post-larval lobsters genes reacted to the effects of ocean warming, acidification and the combination of both.
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Researchers from the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole, the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay and the Maine Department of Marine Resources in West Boothbay Harbor teamed up to examine the effects of ocean warming and acidification on gene expression in the earliest life stages of the American lobster.
According to a recent study reported in the
Ecology and Evolution journal, the
American lobsters may be more vulnerable to the effects of climate change than previously believed. These species support the most precious fishery in North America.
Maura Niemisto, a research associate at Bigelow Laboratory in East Boothbay Maine, prepares a lobster sample in the lab. Niemisto is the lead author of a recent paper showing the effects of ocean warming and ocean acidification on postlarval lobsters. Image Credit: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences.
This latest discovery may allow fishery managers to expect the impacts of a prolonged climate change for one of the country’s most valuable natural resources.