Shell disease in the American lobster (Homarus americanus) is a chronic, progressive condition that manifests as erosive lesions on the exoskeleton. This syndrome is widely attributed to complex ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — In a story May 13 about lobster shell strength, The Associated Press reported erroneously that marine biogeochemist Justin Ries attributed the collapse of the southern New ...

Mark Foster sees the black coloring of epizootic shell disease on a weekly basis, checking his eight lobster traps in Portsmouth Harbor. “It’s certainly frequently,” said Foster, who fishes ...