date:Apr 24, 2014
The number of baby lobsters settling off the rocky coast of Maine continues to steadily decline possibly foreshadowing an end to the recent record catches that have boosted New Englands lobster fishery, scientists say.
A University of Maine survey of 11 Gulf of Maine locations suggests that numbers of young lobsters have declined by more than half their 2007 levels significant since lobsters typically take about eight years to reach the legal harvesting size.
The downward trend has lobsterme