Maine Lobster Catch FILE - A lobster guards its territory in front of a trap on Sept. 3, 2018, near Biddeford, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) (Copyright ...

A lobster rears its claws after being caught off Spruce Head on Aug. 31, 2021. Credit: Robert F. Bukaty / AP Maine lobstermen saw their haul fall again in 2025. That’s according to new data that the ...

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 cultural ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Lobstermen in the ’90s and early this decade went like gangbusters in August catching Maine’s signature seafood, making it the No. 1 month to catch lobsters. But lobstermen now ...

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 ...

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Sonny Beal is a ...

Lobster traps are loaded onto a flatbed trailer at the Falls Point wharf in Woods Harbour on the last day of the six-month ...

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, ...

PORTLAND, Maine — 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, inflation and ...