Lobster Links

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The Department of Marine Resources has several areas of interest to anyone wanting to learn more about lobstering and the industry.

Start at their Home Page to find laws and regulations about lobster zone management and other lobster landings statistics.
Try Resource Management - Lobsters to find a wealth of resources and information on lobsters, including how to order a wide variety of information leaflets.
...or for downloadable copies of regulations, go directly to: State of Maine Rule Chapters for the Department of Marine Resources (This is an ftp site where you may download the Rule Chapters in Word 2.0 or WordPerfect 5.1 format.
The regulations are no longer posted for online viewing.)

The Darling Marine Center is the marine laboratory of the University of Maine. It functions year round as a research and educational facility serving the marine interests of faculty, staff, students and visiting investigators from around the world.

The Lobster Institute

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
For more details of Lew Incze's research, see his Data Page and his Home Page

The Lobster Conservancy is a non-profit research organization dedicated to preserving the American lobster and the traditional trap fishery through scientific research and education.

The Lobsterman's Page

Maine/New Hampshire Sea Grant College Program

Sea Grant at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Acheson, James, 1988. Lobster Gangs of Maine. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England
Ballenger, Bruce, 1988. The Lobster Almanac. Chester, CT: The Globe Pequot Press
Dueland, Joy. 1973. The Book of the Lobster. Somersworth, NH: New Hampshire Publishing Co.
Factor, J. (ed.) 1995. The Biology of the Lobster Homarus AmericanusOrlando, FL: Academic Press. (online ordering information)
Martin, Kenneth and Nathan Lipfert. 1985. Lobstering and the Maine Coast. Bath, ME: Maine Maritime Academy
Merriam, Kendall. 1978. The Illustrated Dictionary of Lobstering. Freeport, ME: The Cumberland Press
Mitchell, Wyatt. 1993. Lobster Lore. gch publishing, P.O. Box 4020, Portland, ME 04101
Prudden, T.M. 1962. About Lobsters. Freeport, ME: The Cumberland Press
Thorndike, Virginia. Maine Lobsterboats. Down East Books. (online review)
White, Susan, ed.,1990. A Lobster in Every Pot: More Than Just a Cookbook. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press

Bayer, Robert and Juanita. 1989. Lobsters Inside Out: A Guide to the Maine Lobster. Bar Harbor, ME: Acadia Press
Cerullo, Mary M. 1994. Lobsters: Gangsters of the Sea. New York: Cobblehill Books
Cook, Joseph. 1972. The Nocturnal World of the Lobster. New York: Dodd, Mead, & Co.
Hollenbeck, Katherine. 1996. Lobster's Secret Washington, DC: Trudy Management Corp. & Smithsonian Institution
Ipcar, Dahlov. 1962. Lobsterman. Camden, ME: DownEast Books
McMillan, Bruce. 1977. Finest Kind O' Day: Lobstering in Maine. Lippincott
Pallotta, Jerry. 1990. Going Lobstering. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge
Taylor, Herb. 1975. The Lobster: Its life cycle. New York: Sterling Publishing Co.

Maine Department Of Marine Resources: PO Box 8; West Boothbay Harbor, ME 04575; (207) 633-9500
Joel Rubin, Teacher Resource Center: New England Aquarium; Central Wharf; Boston, MA 02110; Tel. (617) 973-5200; The New England Aquarium has many educational materials, guidebooks, & kits on popular topics, as do Sea World and Baltimore Aquarium
Elaine Jones, Education Director: Maine Department of Marine Resources; State House Station #21; Augusta, ME 04333; Free marine curriculum materials, teachers' newsletter
Susan White, Education Coordinator: University of Maine/University of New Hamphire Sea Grant College Program; Coburn Hall; University of Maine; Orono, ME 04469; (207) 581-1440; Materials on lobsters and other marine topics, videos
Teacher Resource Center: University of New Hamphire Marine Program; University of New Hampshire; Durham, NH 03824; (603)749-1565; Library of marine curriculum materials, volunteers who visit schools