An curved arrow pointing right. Maine catches 90% of America's lobsters, but its waters are warming faster than nearly all of Earth's oceans. For years, many have worried that these temperatures ...

The U.S. lobster industry's catch keeps sliding as fishermen contend with the northward migration of the valuable crustaceans. The industry is based mostly in Maine, where lobsters are both a ...

Maine is annually the largest lobster-producing state, with a record value of $730.6 million caught in 2021. "2024 was a challenging year for Maine’s commercial fishing and aquaculture ...