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Arran no-fishing zone benefits lobsters


The Scotsman has reported research carried out over a four-year period in Lamlash Bay by scientists at York and Bangor universities. Results show the numbers of lobsters found in the area more than doubled in numbers as well as increasing in size over the course of the study. Populations of velvet crabs and brown swimming crabs were also monitored.

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Homarus gammarus, European lobster, by Bart Braun
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