Abstract
Abstract The 10th International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management was held in Cancún, Mexico, in May 2014. The papers included in this supplementary issue of the ICES Journal of Marine Science are a sample of the multidisciplinary nature of the conference and provide new knowledge of the biology, ecology, fisheries, and management and aquaculture of clawed, spiny, and slipper lobsters. The emphasis of the conference was climate change and its consequences for lobster biology, population dynamics, ecology, and fisheries. As noted in several papers, climate change is already affecting different lobster species by altering growth rates, sizes at maturity, the timing of reproductive processes, duration of larval development, and the timing and levels of settlement; by affecting key benthic habitat-forming species in settlement habitats; by increasing the risk of disease and impacting the behavioural ecology of lobsters, and by changing the spatial distribution of the stocks and, hence, affecting catches and the territorial behaviour of fishers. Other issues addressed at the conference included aquaculture and enhancement—the holy grails of lobster management—sustainable management strategies, and a fascinating review of the use of lobsters through human history. In addition to their economic importance, lobsters continue to provide valuable information to understand different marine environments in a changing climate.
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