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A female lobster tagged in Canada traveled over 250 miles to Cape Cod, setting a new record.

Most lobsters stay in the same general area, making this 257-day trip highly unusual.

A female lobster tagged in Canadian waters off Grand Manan Island recently made a remarkable journey — by lobster standards, in any case — covering more than 250 miles over eight months before entering a trap off Cape Cod .

Heather Koopman, a senior scientist at the Grand Manan Whale & Seabird Research Station and dean of the College of Science and Mathematics at Kennesaw State University, tagged the roughly 4.1-inch, egg-carrying female on Dec. 2, 2024, southeast of Grand Manan, situated between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The tagging was part of a long

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