Species Regional Summary
Homarus americanus
None ( NEA-II )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Hampshire/England/The Solent (1988, Stebbing et al. 2012)

Geographic Extent

5 miles north of Buckie/Scotland/Moray Firth (2010, Stebbing et al. 2012); Norfolk/England/The Wash (2011, Stebbing et al. 2012); Christchurch Ledge, Dorset/England (2010, Stebbing et al. 2012); Bournemouth (Dorset)/England/English Channel (2006, Stebbing et al. 2012); Surtsey, West Sussex/England/English Channel (2002, British Marine Life Study Society 2005, http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Lobster.htm; Laing 2002, cited by Jorstad et al. 2007); Hampshire/England/The Solent (1988, Stebbing et al. 2012); 30 mile south of Isle of Wight, Hampshire/England/English Channel (1995, Stebbing et al. 2012); Selsey, West Sussex/England/English Channel (2002, 2009, 2010, 2011, Stebbing et al. 2012); East Wittering, West Sussex/England/English Channel (2010, Stebbing et al. 2012); England/English Channel (2003, Stebbing et al. 2012); Felixstowe, Suffolk/England (2004, Stebbing et al. 2012); Netherlands/Kanaal door Zuid Beve-and, connecting the Oosterschelde and the Westerschelde (Wijsman, Jeroen W.M. in ICES WGITMO report, 2011); Sunderland, North East England/England/North Sea (Tinlan-Nackenzie et al. 2022, 54°56.536N; 001°16.599W, 1 post-larva) i http://www.ices.dk/reports/ACOM/2011/WGITMO/WGITMO%202011-%20Updated.pdf)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Fisheries Accidental (not Oyster)

Regional Impacts

References

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