If we want to imagine the future, it’s a good idea to take a close look at the young. Last week I wrote about five years of declining striped bass spawns in the Chesapeake Bay, their primary spawning and nursery grounds, where this past spawn was the worst since 2012.
There’s been a drop in populations of juvenile lobsters as well. Researchers have been finding significantly below-average numbers of juveniles in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank since 2012, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
