The Portland Press Herald, Mainebiz and Associated Press cited University of Maine research in an article about the future of Maine’s lobster industry. A new study led by UMaine alumnus Noah Oppenheim, executive director of San Francisco’s Institute for Fisheries Resources, predicts lobster landings will fall 20–40% in the next four to five years in […]
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The Lincoln County News quoted Rick Wahle, director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, in the article “Cold Spring, Late Molt Lead to Slow Start for Lobster Fishery.” A cold, wet spring and late molt, or shed, appear to have contributed to a reduction in lobster landings so far this year in […]
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PBS NewsHour mentioned Rick Wahle, professor and director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, in the report, “What rising temperatures in the Gulf of Maine mean for the state’s lobster industry.” Due to climate change, the waters off southern New England have become too warm for the temperature-sensitive crustaceans, leaving Maine as […]
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CBC interviewed Rick Wahle, director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, for an article about climate change-related warming in the Northumberland Strait near Prince Edward Island, Canada and the effects it could have on the lobster fishery. Wahle, who has surveyed the waters off PEI, said the good news was that there […]
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Mount Desert Islander cited the 2018 update of the American Lobster Settlement Index released by Rick Wahle, professor and director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, in the article “Downturn in lobster numbers could be coming.” Studies of the settlement of post-larval baby lobsters at a variety of locations off the coast […]
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Penobscot Bay Pilot cited a statistic from the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine in a report on a calico lobster found off the coast of Camden. The chance of catching a calico lobster is one in 30 million, according to the Lobster Institute. Dominic and Liz Gioia, who caught the lobster, released it […]
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MassLive.com, ABC7 News, WNYW (Channel 5 in New York City) and The Kansas City Star cited a statistic from the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine in a report on a blue lobster found at a seafood restaurant in Eastham, Massachusetts. The owner of the Cape Cod restaurant plans to either donate the lobster […]
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The Des Moines Register cited a statistic from the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine in a report on seven orange lobsters being delivered to a subsidiary food distributor in Ankeny, Iowa. One in 30 million lobsters is orange, according to the Lobster Institute. The odds of finding a blue lobster are one in […]
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Mainebiz, Boothbay Register and Refrigerated & Frozen Foods published a University of Maine news release about a $75,000 gift from two seafood companies to fund a fourth field season for a UMaine deep-water lobster settlement monitoring program. The research is an extension of the American Lobster Settlement Index initiated in 1989 by Rick Wahle, research professor in […]
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News Center Maine quoted Rick Wahle, director of the University of Maine Lobster Institute, in an article on the effects of climate change in Maine. Data from the Gulf of Maine Research Institute shows that temperatures in the Gulf have warmed about 2.3 degrees Fahrenheit since 1982, according to the article. Andrew Pershing, chief scientific […]
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