Pershing Talks to NECN About Warming Trend, Effects on Seafood Industry
Andrew Pershing, an associate professor in UMaine’s School of Marine Sciences and researcher at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, was interviewed by NECN for a report about how Gulf of Maine warming trends could have a major effect on the state’s fishing industry. Pershing said the warming temperatures could increase lobster landings in the short term, but could have a negative impact on lobster health and reproduction rates in the future. “The big worry is if we were to stay on this trend for a number of years, we could see some of the same shellfish disease issues that have devastated southern New England,” Pershing said. WLBZ (Channel 2) carried the NECN report.