First published in the MLA newsletter, January 2010. If you drained the Gulf of Maine, you would probably find mounds of barnacled, mangled lobster traps. Lobstermen lose a lot of traps each year during the … Continue reading
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Ocean Acidification
First published in the MLA newsletter, January, 2010. Scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) have made the unexpected conclusion that some crab, lobster and shrimp build thicker shells despite oceans growing more acidic. This … Continue reading
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Tenants Harbor lobstermen help analyze trap density
First printed in the MLA Newsletter, January, 2010. When Carl Wilson, Maine’s chief lobster biologist, first came to Tenants Harbor looking for lobsterman volunteers for a trap density experiment, it looked like he’d have to … Continue reading
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