Colder waters slow Maine lobster catches to more traditional pace with molt still to come
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Associated Press] July 17, 2014
The cold winter is still being felt in the waters off Maine, where the nation's largest lobster fishery is off to a slow start.
The season typically picks up after the bulk of the lobster population sheds its shells and reaches legal harvesting size. That occurred in late June last year and mid-June in 2012, but state officials and lobstermen say it hasn't happened yet this year, leading to small catches.
State lobster biologist Carl Wilson said the cold winter and spring may have held back molting...(more)
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