Study Will Map Risks to West Shellfish Stocks

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Scientists from Swansea University are appealing to fishermen for information on crab and lobster "black spot" shell disease, and the locations of American Lobster - an invasive alien species that may quickly take over from the native European lobster.

University researchers plan to create a map of hot spots of the disease. The work is part of a collaborative project, SUSFISH, between Welsh and Irish universities investigating the impacts of climate change on commercial shellfish productivity within the Irish Sea - a region often fished by some of the bigger South West crabbing boats.

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Study Will Map Risks to West Shellfish Stocks

The black spot disease - caused by bacteria that degrade the shell and form the characteristic black s...

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