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Solution to Lobster Shell Disease Remains Elusive, Blindness is also a growing concern
Despite more than 20 years of declining lobster populations in southern New England and extensive studies of the shell disease that is a major factor in their decline, scientists are still struggling to provide definitive answers to help restore hope to those working in the local lobster fishery. A new study of lobsters along the eastern Connecticut coast has found that the disease is linked to warming water temperatures, while progress is slow in efforts to identify probiotics to counteract the disease and to better understand why so many lobsters are blind. >click to read<11:37
Lobster Shell Disease Expanding North; One of Several Diseases of Marine Organisms Causing Worry
“And it’s not just lobsters that are battling diseases,” she noted. “We’ve got clam disease, oyster disease, an eelgrass disease, striped bass disease, scallop disease, and a starfish disease, too. Recently we received a report of increased parasites in bluefin tuna. With changing temperature regimes, the ocean is so confused and it’s providing so much conflicting information.” more@newswise 16:09
Lobster shell disease: Disease creeping towards Maine coastline
PORTLAND, Maine – A shell disease that has plagued the southern New England lobster industry for years by making lobsters unsightly and in some cases unmarketable appears to be creeping northward to the lobster-rich grounds off the coast of Maine. more here
