December 28, 2022 — Researchers at the University of Maine are studying how warming Arctic waters flowing into the Gulf of Maine are affecting the region’s lobster population, in an effort to protect both the famous shellfish and the communities that depend on it.
Already, scientists say warming ecosystems have caused a decline in the survival rates of larval lobster and forced some lobster populations to move to colder areas further north.
Richard Wahle, director of the University of Maine Lobster Institute, said what happens in the Arctic unfortunately doesn’t stay there.
“Lobsters are now the elephant in the room,” Wahle emphasized. “And if things turn down for lobster, it’s going to have some really important consequences.”
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