Transcript 1_Castro_Bkgrd-Baird2010

The Unfolding of a Coast-wide Initiative: New
England Lobster Shell Disease Research Initiative
K.M. Castro
B. Costa-Pierce
J.S. Cobb
9th Annual Ronald C. Baird Sea Grant
Science Symposium
The Booming 1990’s!
SNE Lobster Landings (in millions of lbs)
25
North Cape Oil Spill
20
15
Escape vents 1 7/8 x 6
3 1/2’
10
3 7/32”
5
Escape vents 1 5/8 x 6
0
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And the Bust?
SNE Lobster Landings (in millions of lbs)
25
Escape vents 1 15/16 x 5 3/4
Trap limit 1200
20
15
Trap reduction 1000
3 9/32
Trap reduction 800
10
Escape vents 2 x 5 ¾
3 5/16
5
3 3/8
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0
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Rising Temperatures
Epizootic Shell Disease
Lobster CSI-Shell Disease
Where and when? (>2% reported)
2003
2000
1989,1998
1997
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1997 1997
1998
2000
Rhode Island and Offshore
1996-2009 RI Inshore (NMFS Statistical Area 539) and Offshore (NMFS Statistical Area 616)
sea sampling annual % prevalence of shell disease for all lobsters sampled.
35
INSHORE
OFFSHORE
VENTLESS
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15
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5
Year
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% Prevalence
30
Rhode Island by Basin
Weighted Mean Incidence of Shell Disease (% infected), by
sampling area, from RI Inshore and Offshore lobster, 1996-2002.
% Infected
50%
RI Sound
45%
Upper East
40%
Low er East
35%
West
Hudson
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
Year
2001
2002
2003
CT Shell Disease
Massachusetts Shell Disease
45%
Percentage Observed
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
Sea Sampling
5%
Ventless Trap
0%
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2008
2009
Shell Disease and Females
1996-2009 RI Inshore (NMFS Statistical Area 539) Sea Sample annual % prevalence of shell disease for Ovigerous
females, Non-Ovigerous females, and Males
Ovigerous Females
80
Non-Ovigerous
Females
Males
60
50
40
30
20
10
Year
2009
2008
2007
2006
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2003
2002
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1998
1997
0
1996
% Prevalence
70
Size
Other Diseases Currently
Identified
Paramoeba-induced mortality
Orange Lobster Syndrome-Calcinosis
Limp Lobster Syndrome
Consequences for the Resource?
Possible Consequences:
Growth, Reproduction, Mortality
Diseased Lobster
Natural mortality?
Fishery ?
Physiology and
Behavior change
Growth
Stay clean
Molt
Not Molt
Worsen
Recontract disease
Affect reproduction
(Lose eggs or mating
opportunity)
Stay the same
NE Lobster Shell Disease Initiative
Research and Monitoring Split
Research
90,110, 3%
Sea Sampling
102,120, 4%
500,000, 19%
300000,
10%
outreach
1,945,905, 74%
2638135, 90%
admin
research
ventless trap
Objectives
• Provide spatial and temporal
data on shell disease
• Produce new information
that can be used for
understanding the outbreak
of shell disease and the
consequences of shell
disease
• Relay that information to
other researchers, industry
and the general public
Administration
• Congressional Appropriation to National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS)
• NMFS administered sea sampling portion; URI (CELS
/FAVS) received remainder for research competition
and outreach.
• RI Sea Grant handled the rfp and research
competition process. Received 25 proposals. Funded
9 which were split apart into 16 separate contracts.
• Five year time frame starting in 2006. Research
conducted from Jan 2007- Feb 2010. Project ends
2011.
Proposals Funded
16 institutions, 2 state agencies and over
35 scientists and graduate students
Guidance from Executive
Committee
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Stony Brook University
Boston University
University of Louisiana
Marine Biological Laboratories (2)
RI Department of Environmental Management
George Mason University
University of Massachusetts
University of Connecticut
Roger Williams University
University of Maine
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
New England Aquarium
Georgia Aquarium
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Maine Department of Marine Resources
NY Sea Grant
Ludwig Maximillian University, Germany
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg,
Germany
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RI Lobstermen's Association
Massachusetts Lobstermen’s
Association
Atlantic Offshore
Lobstermen’s Association
RIDEM
DMR (ME)
DMF (MA)
Dominion Nuclear
Connecticut, Inc. Millstone
Environmental Lab
New York, Connecticut and
Sea Grant
Monitoring Projects
Two state surveys, one in Rhode
Island and one in Maine, were
funded to monitor lobsters to see
if small lobsters are also affected
by the disease.
Working with fishermen and using ventless traps,
which, unlike traditional traps, will prevent sub-legal
lobsters from escaping, state fishery managers will
be able to provide real-time data to researchers in a
project requested by lobster fishermen.
The Projects and this Symposium
Host
Pathogen
Disease
Environment
Research Findings
• Microbiology of Shell Disease – Dr. Andrei
Chistoserdov/Dr. Anne McElroy/Dr. Gordon Taylor/Dr.
Patrick Gillevet/Dr. Michael Tlusty
• Pathology /Physiology of Shell Disease – Dr. Roxanna
Smolowitz/Dr. Bassem Allam/ Dr. Joe Kunkel/Dr. Ann
Tarrant and Dr. Tim Verslycke
• Pollutants – Dr. Hans Laufer/Dr. Larry LeBlanc
• Behavior/ Population Genetics- Dr. Jelle Atema
• Posters: Ventless Trap Surveys
Symposium
• 2 day format
• Presentation and discussion format
• Invited Dr. Mark Butler to discuss marine
diseases in general
• Broad audience with much experience