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World Prodigy Grounding - Lobster Restoration
World Prodigy Grounding - Lobster Restoration
To compensate for lobster mortalities during the World Prodigy oil spill, construction of a cobble lobster reef was completed in winter 1997; monitoring was initiated in 1997, and the reef was 'seeded' with 2,500 hatchery-reared lobsters in the summers of 1998 and 1999. Researchers report that lobsters, juvenile tautog and black sea bass, and other benthic fauna are colonizing the reef. Lobster density has increased from near zero to 1/m2, significantly higher than the two control areas. The University of Rhode Island (URI) set up its lobster hatchery to 'seed' the reefs with juvenile lobsters over a three-year period beginning in summer 1998. URI has completed 3 years of the lobster-seeding component of the project. Darden Industries/Red Lobster Corporation has provided an additional $30K to expand the hatchery and seeding.
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One of a series of images that shows the process of how researchers injectmicrowire tags into juvenile lobsters.
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A baby lobster waving its claws after having a microwire tag injected into itscarapace. The researchers handled all of the small lobsters with great careduring and after the process of injecting the tags.
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A baby American lobster perched on the finger of a scientist clearly illustratesthe approximate size of the hatchery reared lobsters that were placed on thecobble reefs.
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A University of Rhode Island researcher examines a juvenile American lobsterprior to its release in the wild.
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Two University of Rhode Island scientists examine American lobster juvenilesbefore they are tagged and released onto the reefs located around Dutch Harbor.
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Researchers at The University of Rhode Island prepare to release the condoreared juvenile lobsters onto the cobble reefs.
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A University of Rhode Island scientist prepares to insert a microwire tag intoa juvenile lobster.
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Kathy Castro of the University of Rhode Island and John Catena of NOAAremove hatchery-reared American lobsters and place them into salt-waterfilled bags. The lobsters will then be transported to the cobble reefs in smallbatches and hand released ont
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Kathy Castro and John Catena examine the lobsters before diving to releasethem on the reefs.
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John Catena and Kathy Castro place juvenile lobsters into bags to transportthe lobsters onto the reefs.
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John Catena of NOAA counts the number of lobsters in the bags beforediving with the bag to hand release the lobsters onto the cobble reefs.
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A bead of water drips from a bag of lobsters just before they are carried to thereefs by divers where they will be monitored to determine settlementand mortality rates.
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A bag of juvenile lobsters just before they are transported to the cobble reefsby divers.
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James Burgess, former director of the Restoration Center and Sally Yozell, former Deputy Assistant Secretary for NOAA,attend a ceremony to dedicate the lobster restoration projects.
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