New faces cause a stir in the New Hampshire crustacean community

By: Molly Rains

Outlets: NH Bulletin

Published: August 12, 2026

Words: 1,383

Last Updated: 6 days, 19 hours ago

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Lobsters have long reigned as king among New Hampshire’s shelled sea creatures, but the chances of a coup are growing — and climate change is tipping the scales.

Indeed, said biologist Christopher Peters in an interview this summer, it may already be the case that “the lobster is no longer the king crustacean of the coast of New Hampshire.”

What kind of creature could hope to dethrone the lobster? Only, perhaps, a similarly large, jagged, …

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