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