Can powdered lobster shells prevent potato disease? Scientists at the University of Maine are evaluating a novel shell-to-spud combination that could connect two cornerstones of Maine’s food system.

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 ...

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AMES, Iowa – Two Iowa State University graduate students are just back from the Gulf of Maine with another big catch of clam shells. Shelly Griffin and Madelyn Mette recently boarded a lobster boat, ...

PORTLAND, Maine | A start-up company in Maine is developing a children's bandage coated with a substance extracted from crushed lobster shells that would promote blood-clotting and is resistant to ...