Press — Ready Seafood

Two seafood companies team up to fund UMaine lobster research

Rick Wahle, director of the University of Maine's Lobster Institute, will continue deep-water research, thanks to $50,000 donated by Ready Seafood Co. and $25,000 by Santa Monica Seafood Co., a seafood distributor in California. The deep-water research data helps scientists evaluate how temperature affects the nursery potential of seabed for larval lobsters, and subsequent bottom movements by older juveniles.

MaineBizArielle WalrathJune 3, 2019research, sustainability

Saint Joseph's contributes to research on improving survivability of shipped lobsters

Since soft shell lobsters aren’t resilient enough to be shipped overseas, the goal is to boost the export market with more hard shell lobsters. Saint Joseph’s College’s sciences department, the University of Maine and Ready Seafood … are collaborating on the two-year project.

MaineBizArielle WalrathOctober 15, 2018research, quality

What’s happening to the lobster babies? Portland dealer will pay to get an answer

Their numbers are declining in Casco Bay, and Ready Seafood is willing to pay to find out if they're settling in deeper water where scientists hadn't been sampling.