Lobster eggs, hatching time and larval drift
We sample eggs and measure water temperature to predict hatching time for lobster.
Tag: Berried Females
Why are some clutches abnormal?
At sea sampling indicates that some berried females carry abnormal clutches which means decreased egg production. Feng Tang is trying to find out why.
Monitoring Lobster Quality
Weekly sampling of various ports indicate that the lobster landed in Eastern Cape Breton is of high quality.
At sea sampling
How sustainable is our fishery? There are many ways to assess sustainability of a fishery: some very sophisticated methodologies using complex data programs and fancy equipment and some much simpler but easier…
Berried Female Lobster
It is illegal to keep a berried female.
Unlike the roe, or red eggs inside a cooked lobster, these black eggs glued to the outside of the tail are fertilized. After 9 to 12 months of carrying them on the swimmerets, the eggs will hatch into tiny lobster larvae that float on the surface of the ocean for 6 to 8 weeks.