The vast majority of the country’s lobsters are caught in waters off Maine, though they are also trapped elsewhere in New England. The overall catch, among the most lucrative in the U.S., is ...

Lobster fishers have been forced to “grapple with soaring business costs, inflation and a changing ocean,” said The ...

Maine lobstermen landed 78.8 million pounds in 2025, maintaining the largest fishery in the state, even as the haul is down ...

Maine’s lobsterman landed 78.8 million total pounds in 2025, which topped all other fisheries in the state, but is about seven million pounds less than the 2024 harvest.

American lobster landings in the Gulf of Maine have significantly declined, with catches falling to their lowest point since ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Gerry Cushman has seen Maine's iconic lobster industry survive numerous threats in his three decades on the water, but the latest challenge — which might sound tiny — could be the ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Gerry Cushman has seen Maine’s iconic lobster industry survive numerous threats in his three decades on the water, but the latest challenge — which might sound tiny — could be the ...

Fishing industry regulators have decided to scrap stricter new lobster fishing standards off New England in the wake of months of protest from lobster fishermen that the rules were unnecessary and ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fishing industry regulators have decided to scrap stricter new lobster fishing standards off New England in the wake of months of protest from lobster fishermen that the rules ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's catch of lobsters declined for the fourth straight year, state fishing regulators said Friday, as the industry continued to grapple with soaring business costs, ...