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 ...

A shell disease that has plagued the southern New England lobster industry for years by making lobsters unsightly and in some cases unmarketable appears to be creeping northward to the lobster-rich ...

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 -- A shell disease that has plagued the southern New England lobster industry for years by making lobsters unsightly and in some cases unmarketable appears to be creeping northward to ...

KITTERY, Maine — Mark Foster is concerned. A recreational lobsterman who for years has laid traps near his home on Spruce Creek and in the Piscataqua River, he’s seen an increasing number of lobsters ...