Univ of Maine Student Works to Harden Lobster Shells
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Lincoln County News] Aliya Uteuova - July 25, 2017
For Abby Shaughnessy, studying marine biology at the University of Maine was a natural choice. Drawn to the ocean from a young age, Shaughnessy, a senior in the university’s School of Marine Sciences, is spending her summer interning at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole.
For her Honors thesis, Shaughnessy partnered with a Portland-based company Ready Seafood to help make selling lobster overseas more profitable.
Lobster is the most valuable fishery in the United States. With 80 percent of Maine’s total commercial fishery, in 2016, lobster value reached $630 million. As the supply of ...
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