Check out the FSRS photo gallery to see examples of the research, communication, and sampling initiatives that have been, and are currently being, conducted. Be sure to check out the captions to learn more about who was involved and what is pictured.
A calm morning at the wharf in Tangier, NS
Lobster collector deployment in Lobster Bay, NS
At-sea sampling with Brandon
FSRS 2016 Staff and volunteers at the Annual Conference in Dartmouth, NS
Communications Committee member, Randy Baker, teaching visitors about lobster physiology
Petit Passage, Digby, NS
There’s beauty at all hours of the day
The Ashley & Travis leaving for the sentinel survey
2016 Annual Conference at the Best Western, Burnside
Juvenile lobster caught in one of our recruitment traps
Teamwork during a rainy v-notching day in Mushaboom, NS
A recently-settled lobster from the collector study
This strange looking fish is a lumpfish!
2016 Annual Conference at the Best Western, Burnside
Just wow!
Communications Committee member, Randy Baker, speaking to the public during the BIO Expo
A crew member emptying a recruitment trap
Lobsters help with research too!
Lobster during a sea sample
Some young helpers during Eastern Shore V-notching in Sober Island
Sampling at sunrise never gets old
FSRS Team!
Another beautiful sampling day
Recruitment trap
Juvenile lobster
Wine Harbour, NS
Welcome to the Captain’s Seat
Tangier, NS
Hauling a trap during sea sampling
Fish on the sentinel survey
Sampling with long-time Lobster Recruitment participant, Hugh MacDonald, and his cre
Early morning in Wine Harbour
Marie Joseph
A fisherman measuring a lobster with their scientific recruitment gauge
FSRS information table at the 2016 Annual Conference
Panelists from this year’s conference
V-notching in Sober Island
Crew member sampling cod during the sentinel survey
V-notching a lobster in LFA 32
A bright morning for the first haul day on the Eastern Shore
Sunny sampling in Ecum Secum
Processing lobster collectors in False Bay, Cape Breton
Vice President, Hughie Boutilier, emptying a recruitment trap
Shannon, FSRS’s Director of Operations, interacting with eager young minds at the BIO Expo
Long time Lobster Recruitment participant, Randy Boutilier, and his crew on a sea-sampling day in Tangier, NS
A lobster saying “hello” during sea sampling in Marie Joseph, NS
Ange’s 2022 goal is to find a lobster even bigger than this beauty
Liz holding a 1-year-old lobster caught in a lobster collector in False Bay, Cape Breton
Only the experienced dare near her when in operation
We do more than lobster
Hours after our day even started
A recently-settled lobster found during the collector study
Fishermen getting ready to pull up traps during a sampling trip
Traps all ready to go!
Lobster posing for the camera