The Portland Press Herald reported Maine politicians, scientists and lobster industry representatives will speak out against Sweden’s bid to deem the American lobster as an invasive species, which would end a $150 million export market to the European Union. Robert Steneck, a marine biologist at the University of Maine’s School of Marine Sciences, is among […]
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Robert Steneck, a marine biologist at the University of Maine’s School of Marine Sciences, was cited in an Associated Press article about the European Union extending its review of a Swedish proposal to ban lobsters imported from the U.S. and Canada. The EU announced it will conduct a more extensive review of the proposal after […]
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WMUR (Channel 9 in Manchester, New Hampshire) cited statistics from the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine for a report about a calico lobster that was caught off the coast of New Hampshire. According to the Lobster Institute, the odds of catching a calico lobster are one in 30 million, making them more rare […]
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The Associated Press spoke with Bob Bayer, executive director of the University of Maine’s Lobster Institute, for the article, “Goodbye, herring? Biotech gives lobstermen alternative.” Lobster and crab fishermen have baited traps with dead herring for generations, but an effort to find a synthetic substitute for forage fish is nearing fruition, according to the report. […]
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Bob Bayer, director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, was interviewed for a Fox News report about a red lobster that was discovered at a Burger & Lobster restaurant in New York City. The lobster, named Ruby, was received in a shipment from Nova Scotia and will find a new home at […]
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The Associated Press cited a paper written by Robert Steneck, a marine biologist at the University of Maine’s School of Marine Sciences, in an article about the dispute over a Swedish proposal to ban imports of live American lobsters into the European Union. According to the AP, Sweden is digging in on the proposal after […]
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ABC News cited statistics from the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine in a report about a bright blue lobster caught off the coast of Cape Cod. Oceanographers estimate that just one in two million lobsters is blue, according to the Lobster Institute. The coloring comes from an excessive amount of a particular protein […]
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