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