Socioeconomic Study of the Lobster Industry

CAFÉ Workshop Update

–Day 1: Arctic Climate Influences on NW Atlantic

•Early & late 1990s FW anomalies

•Good evidence early anomaly came from Arctic, likely through Canadian Archipelago

•Late anomaly is better described in GoM/MAB, but origins are less clear

•Contrasted GoM plankton changes with Canadian Shelf

–Similar, but more winter-spring than fall-winter

–Day 2: Top-down vs. Bottom-up drivers

•Some interesting top-down linkages, but trophic cascade not supported by data

•Cod in Newfoundland are food limited

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