LITTLE COMPTON, R.I. — Regulators are taking another look at potential strategies to revitalize southern New England’s lobster population, which scientists said has sunk to its lowest levels on record.
The lobster management board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is planning to discuss possible solutions to the problem Aug. 4 in Alexandria, Virginia, near where the commission is based.
The commission’s members have expressed a desire to find new management options to increase egg production in southern New England lobsters by 20 to 60 percent.
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