1.Where are lobsters caught?
Humans are by far the most important predators that lobsters face. Homarus americanus is intensely fished all along the northeast Atlantic Coast of Canada and the United States as far south as New England, and particularly in Maine.
http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/factsheets/fslobster.html
2. When is the lobster fishing season?
The lobster fishing season runs roughly from the first week of May through the first of December but is sometimes extended on either end by fishermen with larger boats who can follow the lobster to deeper waters.
http://www.calendarislandsmainelobster.com/maine-lobster/lobster-fishing/
3. How much money does a lobster fisherman make annually?
The average annual wage for fishermen in the United States during the year 2010 was $27,880, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The bottom 10 percent of these fishermen earned salaries averaging $17,300 per year and the bottom fourth had an average annual salary of $19,880. The middle half of fishermen in the United States earned an average of $25,590 during 2010. The upper fourth received annual salaries of $33,250 and the upper tenth of fishermen earned an average salary of $40,200 per year.
4. What are the methods used to catch lobster?
-The large Homarus lobsters are caught almost exclusively with lobster pots (also called "lobster traps"). These are large rigid objects which the lobster enters voluntarily, often to reach bait, and which it then cannot escape.
-Trawling is the main method used for the Norway lobster or Dublin Bay prawn. (Trawling is a method of fishing that involves pulling a fishing net through the water behind one or more boats.)
-Gill nets and trammel nets are used for the Caribbean spiny lobster (Gill nets are like a wall of netting placed underwater so fish swim into them and get trapped)
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