Intelligence
Scientists use lobster tags to study how offshore aquaculture restores marine habitats
The Ropes to Reefs project uses lobster tagging to assess the wider benefits of the UK’s first large-scale offshore mussel farm.
Fisheries
DFO and First Nations to pool data to inform commercial lobster fishing decisions in Gaspé
Collected data will be used to assess if stocks in Gaspé can support more commercial lobster fishing while ensuring conservation.
Fisheries
Gear-lending program has harvesters working through closures and trying ropeless fishing gear without commitment
Faced with closures to protect right whales, Canadian commercial fishers are trying ropeless fishing gear via the CanFish Gear Lending Program.
Innovation & Investment
‘Everyone is going to need a lot of seaweed’: Maine-based seaweed polymer innovator wants fisheries and aquaculture to quit plastics
Viable Gear Founder Katie Weiler joined the Advocate and Aquademia to discuss making lobster bait bags and other products with a seaweed polymer.
Fisheries
U.S. appeals court sides with Maine lobster harvesters in latest turn in the right whale saga
A U.S. court rules NOAA must vacate a biological opinion that found Maine's lobster fishery violated the Endangered Species Act.
Fisheries
MSC suspends certification for Maine lobster fishery, enraging state’s political leaders
Maine’s governor and Congressional delegation say activists with an "axe to grind" led to the Marine Stewardship Council's decision to suspend Maine lobster’s certification.
Fisheries
Study: Pyridine is ‘highly toxic’ to crabs and caused 2021 die-off
A Newcastle University study found that pyridine is 'highly toxic' to crabs and is the chemical responsible for crab and lobster die-offs in the United Kingdom.
Responsibility
Maine lobster industry speaks out against Seafood Watch ‘red-listing’
Seafood Watch urged consumers to avoid products from the Canadian snow crab and U.S. lobster fisheries, due to right whale entanglement risks.
Responsibility
Pictou Landing First Nation to operate moderate livelihood lobster fishery in Nova Scotia
Pictou Landing First Nation will operate a moderate livelihood lobster fishery in Nova Scotia, with the federal government's understanding.
Responsibility
Can a new larval rearing vessel improve UK lobster stocks?
A new type of larval rearing vessel could help improve lobster survival in the hatchery and help support lobster stocks.
Aquafeeds
Practical diet formulation and adoption in tropical spiny lobster aquaculture
Tropical spiny lobster aquaculture development in Vietnam, Indonesia and Australia is motivating efforts to develop commercial feeds.
Innovation & Investment
UK lobster-farming project breaks new ground
A project to grow lobsters in the open sea is giving researchers hope that the technology behind stock enhancement could be improved and that lobster farming could provide new prospects for diversification and employment.
Responsibility
Repurposing Maine: Aging fishing facilities find new life with aquaculture
Some Maine lobster fishermen are turning to aquaculture in a quest to diversify and give defunct lobster pounds a second chance to produce local seafood.
Innovation & Investment
Pilot lobster production facility in Iceland used geothermal groundwater
Following earlier work in southwestern Norway that achieved semi-commercial production of European lobsters, a project has received grant support to develop commercialized land-based recirculating aquaculture of lobsters utilizing geothermal water sources in Iceland.
Health & Welfare
Lobster farming in Indonesia
A multinational project in Lombok, Indonesia, is focused on the identification and monitoring of improved seed collection and grow-out production methods for spiny lobsters.
Intelligence
Lobster aquaculture in eastern Indonesia, part 2
Although lobster farming is already established in Indonesia, improvements in feed and nutrition, and seed collection would help the industry expand. The diet of trash fish fed to developing lobsters generates waste and is not conducive to good hygiene or growth.