Maine’s Lobster Enigma: Record Catches in Warming Waters
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Bangor Daily News] By Matthew Stone - March 4, 2015 -
The lobster is in its boom years on the Maine coast, and no one knows precisely why, scientifically speaking, or how long the boom will last.
Throughout the history of Maine’s lobster fishery, the total catch has never been as high as it has been over the past five years.
“The lobster industry is an enigma,” said Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias and a former lobsterman. “It’s an enigma biologically, and it’s an enigma historically.”
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