Biological Basis for the Protection of Large Lobsters in Lobster Fishing
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In October 2007, the Regional Director-General (RDG), Maritimes Region, announced a number of priorities for the Maritimes lobster fishery, including improving conservation measures to provide better protection for large mature female lobsters in particular. At a meeting with the lobster industry in September 2008 to discuss potential new measures, industry raised questions about the biological basis for protecting large lobsters. The RDG committed Maritimes Science to a response to the questions. A meeting with industry to revisit the issue is planned for early 2009. Given the short timeframe for the response, the Science Special Response Process was used to produce this report.
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