Meet Your 2018 Lobster Technicians!
Bhreagh Krszwda – “Hi there, I’m Bhreagh and this is my second year as a lobster technician with the Cape Breton Fisher Harvesters Association. I reside in Albert Bridge when I’m not…
Category: Lobster
Modeling the Drift of Lobster Larvae
Guest post by Brady K. Quinn, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB After lobster eggs hatch, baby lobsters, called larvae, are released into the ocean. These larvae spend the first 3-8 weeks…
Lobster Genetics
Guest post by Laura Benestan, graduate student with the NSERC Canadian Fisheries Research Network Imagine being responsible for managing a moose population, which includes a hunt. To do it sustainably…
Videotaping lobster
Video of lobster escaping helps the lobster harvesters understand how short lobster escape from hatches.
Lobster eggs, hatching time and larval drift
We sample eggs and measure water temperature to predict hatching time for lobster.
Monitoring Lobster Quality
Weekly sampling of various ports indicate that the lobster landed in Eastern Cape Breton is of high quality.