Joseph Kunkel interviewed for Huffington Post video on lobster shell disease

UNE Research Professor of Marine Sciences Joseph Kunkel, Ph.D., was interviewed for a Huffington Post video on fears that lobster shell disease is inching into the Gulf of Maine.

Kunkel explains that the concern is that the disease will increase from 3 lobsters in a 1,000 to a more substantial number similar to that found south of Cape Cod where 20 to 30 percent of the animals are diseased. He added that the disease kills female lobsters with eggs, which might limit the population of the next generation of lobsters. He also noted that "the whole idea of diseased lobsters turns people off to going to New England where they hope to have a lobster for dinner." Watch the video

Kunkel was also interviewed for a recent Bangor Daily News story on the issue.

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