Media Resources

Canadian/U.S. Lobstermen's Town Meetings
Click here to link to 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

Lobsters and Pain
Our flyer Some Comments on Cooking Lobsters contains our response to the question, "Do lobsters feel pain?".


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