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