R-08-05 Developing Genetic Fingerprinting Techniques in Lobster Seeding Trials

Richard A. Wahle Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences McKown Point West Boothbay Harbor, ME 04575 207.633.9659 rwahle@bigelow.org As the groundfish and sea urchin fisheries declined over the last decade, fishing communities became precariously dependent on lobsters, the largest fishery in Maine. Realizing that a collapse of this fishery would have far-reaching effects going well beyond … Continue reading R-08-05 Developing Genetic Fingerprinting Techniques in Lobster Seeding Trials