Media Resources

Canadian/U.S. Lobstermen’s Town Meetings

Reports on the Lobster Institute’s Canadian/U.S. Town Meetings:

  • 2007- Economic & Socio-economic Influences in the Lobster Industry
  • 2006 – Stock Assessment
  • 2005 – Lobster Fishery Management
  • 2004 – Status of the Lobster Resource

Statistics on the Fishery

The following links will provide recent and historical data on lobster catch rates, etc.

Canadian National: Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans

U.S. National: NOAA Fisheries Office of Science & Technology — Fisheries Statistics Division

Maine: Department of Marine Rsources

Massachusetts: Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries