Lobster Settlement Forecasting in the Gulf of Maine Participants: A. Thomas, H. Xue, Y. Chen, A. Pershing and R. Wahle (UMaine) Funding Agency: NASA Funding Period: 2008-2010 Project Summary: Lobster (Homarus americanus) is the most lucrative coastal fishery in the Gulf of Maine. During the past decade, regional landings were more than double the previous long-term mean with