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