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 disease that disfigures lobsters has ticked up slightly in Maine in the last couple of years, but authorities and scientists say it’s not time to sound the alarm. The disease, ...

Woolwich Township, New Jersey (WPVI) -- Ozzy the sea turtle from the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, NJ needed important CT scans due to a disease impacting his shell. Doctors needed to check the ...

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 ...