You may have heard about the little lobster that could on CBC, travelling from St. Martins to Maine in just 421 days. This little lobster was tagged as a sub-legal lobster as part of a lobster aging study. While many studies have shown that lobster can travel from the Bay of Fundy to Maine, it was still an extraordinary experience to be flipping through social media and see Jacob Knowles, a Maine lobster fishmen who makes social media content, holding my tagged lobster.
Jacob and I took the time to have a wonderful chat and he was able to post a few videos about the call.
While this study does not look at lobster movement directly, the Rochette lab has tagged over 2000 lobster in the past 2 years. This little vacation the lobster took captured the eyes of many. Hopefully one day she returns to the Bay of Fundy and is caught again!
A link to one of the many stories can be seen here:
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