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Indicators: Sound + ShoreLobstersThe lobster population of Long Island Sound hit a new low in 2006.
The lobster is the third most economically important marine species in Connecticut (behind hard clams and sea scallops). The DEP samples lobster populations every autumn by towing nets from a research vessel at randomly selected sites throughout Long Island Sound. Researchers are focusing on a combination of four possible causes for the dramatic downturn since 1999: disease, changes in water quality, changes in climactic conditions, and human impacts to the Sound. Research to date suggests that a trend toward warmer water temperatures is an important factor in the decline of lobsters. While the lobster population appeared to stabilize in 2003, the autumn 2006 trawl yielded the lowest number in at least 20 years. | |
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