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Frigid February may put Maine’s lobster harvest on ice for a while
The first-ever lobster forecast is out, and it says February’s record cold will likely set back Maine’s lobster season. This winter’s 
and stormy weather have cooled the waters in the Gulf of Maine. That means lobsters, which spend their winters in deeper waters offshore, will likely get a late start migrating to the coast and shedding their shells, says Christina Hernandez, a research assistant working on the project, which is being funded with $100,000 from NASA. Read the rest here 21:06
