UMaine-led Team Develops More Holistic Way to Monitor Lobster Industry
January 18, 2025
January 18, 2025
ORONO, Maine, Jan. 18 -- The University of Maine issued the following news release:
Maine's lobster fishery -- one that supports thousands of jobs statewide -- is extensively monitored. Management efforts are informed by biological monitoring surveys observing changes in abundance and distribution of the lobster population, and dealer and harvester reporting from the industry. Yet these statistics don't tell the whole story of an industry shaken by supply and market disrup . . .
Maine's lobster fishery -- one that supports thousands of jobs statewide -- is extensively monitored. Management efforts are informed by biological monitoring surveys observing changes in abundance and distribution of the lobster population, and dealer and harvester reporting from the industry. Yet these statistics don't tell the whole story of an industry shaken by supply and market disrup . . .