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Monitoring Juvenile American Lobster (Homarus Americanus) to Forecast Productivity in the Growing Newfoundland Lobster Fishery

By February 3, 2021January 4th, 2023No Comments
Institution: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Theme: Environmental change
Area of Vulnerability: Coastal communities, Marine ecosystems/living resources

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Principal investigator

Dr. Arnault LeBris, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador 

Call

Cycle II, Early Career Faculty 

This research effort proposes to develop comprehensive fishery-independent monitoring of the density, distribution, and growth of juvenile lobster and associated oceanographic conditions in Newfoundland waters. This monitoring program will enable robust projections of recruitment in the lobster fishery five to 10 years in advance, a time scale particularly relevant to fishery stakeholders.