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