Bayer Quoted in Press Herald Article About Rare White Lobsters
Bob Bayer, executive director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for an article about two lobstermen who caught two white lobsters within a week for the same lobster pound. Albino lobsters — the rarest of all the crustacean’s color mutations — are believed to be about one in 100 million, according to statistics from the Lobster Institute. Bayer, who has only seen a couple of albino lobsters in his lifetime, said he’s not sure if the Owls Head lobsters are true albinos because it seems at least one of the lobsters has a blueish hue, which means it has some pigmentation. “It’s nothing I’ve seen before,” Bayer added. The Bangor Daily News also reported on the lobsters, citing Lobster Institute data.