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