Lobsters in the gulf of Maine are fed A LOT of herring as bait. Like 70,000 tons a year. Hard to say what the overall result of this is. More lobsters? Less

Lobsters in the gulf of Maine are fed A LOT of herring as bait. Like 70,000 tons a year. Hard to say what the overall result of this is. More lobsters? Less Herring? Some lobstermen joke that they feel more like ranchers then fishermen. https://www.wellsreserve.org/writable/files/Goldstein-Shields-2018_Ovigerous-lobsters-and-bait-diets.pdf https://www.wellsreserve.org/writable/files/Goldstein-Shield...