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LumpyBumpyToad t1_iscasph wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Alaska's cancellation of the snow crab season offers a grave, potential prediction for Maine's lobster industry. by combatbydesign

Good. Then no one should care about them because we all got shit going on. Wonder how America failed so bad?

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[deleted] t1_iscda6a wrote

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JStengah t1_iscghuy wrote

Doesn't have to be overfished to be facing a massive problem. Climate change doesn't care about fishing practices.

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LumpyBumpyToad t1_iscf65e wrote

I got my own shit going on though? Why should I care about the lobsterman? They don't care about anyone else's problems, remember?

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hike_me t1_iscnsn2 wrote

The gulf of Maine is warming rapidly. Lobsters are moving north (its a dying industry in southern New England). The danger is that the population continues to shift north and the fishery in Maine collapses because there are no longer enough lobster to support the size of the commercial fishery.

Fishermen, however, are adamantly against off-shore wind, which would help reduce fossil fuel use.

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determania t1_isczfqx wrote

I was talking to some researchers this summer who are very concerned about larval lobster abundance the last couple years along the southern coast of Maine. It takes a lobster about 7 years to reach keeper size. Overfishing or not, they should be concerned about the future of the fishery.

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