The enigma behind America's 20-year lobster boom

Post by Pinatubo » Thu, Oct 08, 2015, 6:32 AM UTC

antod wrote: post #18

Pinatubo wrote: post #4

It was a pleasant surprise to read a balanced article related to climate change.

Yeah, climate change gets such a bad rap. It's so unfair. Nobody takes the time to get to know the real climate change - the poor thing is so misunderstood. Deep down it only wants to help. /s Why is this a pleasantly balanced article relating to climate change? Just because it points out that rising temps was a possible factor (amongst others) for a lobster population boom? Don't worry at least we've got lots of lob…

Post by antod » Thu, Oct 08, 2015, 6:49 AM UTC

Pinatubo wrote: post #21

antod wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, climate change gets such a bad rap. It's so unfair. Nobody takes the time to get to know the real climate change - the poor thing is so misunderstood. Deep down it only wants to help. /s Why is this a pleasantly balanced article relating to climate change? Just because it points out that rising temps was a possible factor (amongst others) for a lobster population boom? Don't worry at least we've got lots of lob…

I'm not sure what you're disagreeing with or find offensive.

Post by leoedin » Thu, Oct 08, 2015, 8:39 AM UTC

mostlylurking wrote: post #22

Seems to me if you are actively marking fertile lobsters and throwing them back in they might be also actively selecting for the propagation of overly fertile lobsters.

Post by Pinatubo » Thu, Oct 08, 2015, 4:49 PM UTC

antod wrote: post #23

Pinatubo wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not sure what you're disagreeing with or find offensive.

Not offended at all. It just struck me as an absurd thing to bring up. The article was about lobsters and the multiple hypotheses on why the population exploded and why/if it might soon collapse again.