Maine Sea Grant Lobster Symposium Advanced

The Ellsworth American’s fenceviewer website has advanced the four-day international conference, “The American Lobster in a Changing Ecosystem: A U.S.-Canada Science Symposium,” Nov. 27–30, on the status of the lobster fishery, being held at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland. Rick Wahle, a research associate professor in the UMaine School of Marine Sciences, will co-chair the conference with Andrea Battison of the University of Prince Edward Island and Paul Anderson of Maine Sea Grant. The conference will explore successes and challenges within the fishery, including disease and mass mortality.

Contact: George Manlove, 207.581.3756