PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • October 18, 2024
Maine’s coastal lobsters are finding new digs. The lobsters living in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Maine are trading in the rocky crevices they have always favored for a life spent out in the open foraging for food on the ocean’s muddy bottom or open ledge, according to a new study by University of Maine researchers. This discovery upends the traditional understanding of American lobster habitat.