Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station

Lobsters are the single most valuable fishery in the state of Maine, and among the top two fisheries in New England and Atlantic Canada. The American Lobster Settlement Index (ALSI) has been a long-standing indicator of the health of the lobster resource and is now entering a new phase of expansion. Over the years, analyses […]

As the fisheries and aquaculture industries continue to expand in the state of Maine and worldwide, the need for new disease control methods and diagnostic tests will increase dramatically. Through the studies outlined in this proposal, we hope to better understand and potentiate the innate immune response, which is the first line of host defense […]