Chen’s lobster population model cited in BDN article on climate change, Gulf of Maine
In the article, “Climate change in the Gulf of Maine,” the Bangor Daily News cited a scientific model for estimating the abundance of lobster in the Gulf of Maine that was created by Yong Chen, a professor of fisheries population dynamics at the University of Maine. According to the article, scientists sounded warnings for years that the Gulf of Maine lobster population could collapse until Chen’s model arrived in the mid-2000s. The model, which incorporated data collected directly by fishermen hauling traps, has eased concerns that lobster landings could be on the verge of yet another sudden bust, the article states.