lobster

Deckhand Justin Middleton pulls in a crab trap off San Francisco, where new pop-up fishing gear is being piloted.

Environment

This fishing gear can help save whales. What will it take for fishermen to use it?

6:01am June 25, 2023

by Lauren Sommer

On both the East and West coasts, whales are at risk of being entangled and injured by ropes used by fishermen. Fishing grounds are being closed, but new technology could help avoid that.

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Economy

U.S. Lobster Dealers Hope To Claw Back Market Share In Europe

5:21pm August 21, 2020

by Scott Horsley

A new trade deal with Europe lifts tariffs that had put American lobster producers at a competitive disadvantage.

The steel used to build lobster traps like these, stacked up outside a fish market on Martha's Vineyard, is getting pricier, thanks to new tariffs.

Got Lobster? Trump's Steel Tariffs Threaten Trap Industry

5:05am June 21, 2018

by Craig LeMoult

The factory that makes wire mesh used in the majority of North American lobster traps says steel tariffs will spike the cost of their product, and lobstermen will bear the brunt of the higher prices.

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National

TSA Catches Live Lobster At Boston's Logan Airport

5:51pm June 26, 2017

by Amy Held

The crustacean weighed more than 20 pounds and was found alive inside a passenger's cooler at Boston's Logan Airport, according to the TSA.

National

Larry The Lobster, Saved From Stockpot, Dies In Styrofoam Instead

5:01pm July 29, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Animal activists had teamed up to save a 15-pound lobster, at least 60 years old, from being dinner. They shipped him to a Maine aquarium — but the story doesn't have a happy ending.

Unseasonable warm weather has made for a longer lobstering season for fishermen in Maine.

Warm Weather Extends Maine's Lobster Season

3:35pm December 28, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Not only has the warm winter lengthened lobster season for fishermen, but it could make lobsters susceptible to new predators and diseases.