Historical Summary of Maine Lobster Fishery    
Year Catch in Metric Tons Pounds Landed Number of Trap - Millions Numbers Of Fishers Water Temperature - (F) Producer Income - Millions of Dollars
1880 6,457 14,235,102.2 0.104 2763 0.3
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886 10,433 23,000,591.8 -
1887 10,395 22,916,817.0 0.109 1906 0.5
1888 9,841 21,695,468.6 0.107 1967 0.5
1889 11,091 24,451,218.6 0.121 2080 0.5
1890 9,071 19,997,926.6 -
1891
1892 8,003 17,643,413.8 0.153 2628 0.7
1893
1894 0.2
1895
1896
1897 5,085 11,210,391.0 0.234 2436 0.8
1898 5,565 12,268,599.0 0.279 3103 0.9
1899 5,769 12,718,337.4 0.335 3116 1.0
1900 6,535 14,407,061.0 0.327 3105 1.0
1901 6,343 13,983,777.8 0.304 2788 1.0
1902 6,497 14,323,286.2 0.298 2541 1.2
1903 5,949 13,115,165.4 0.268 2558 1.2
1904 5,481 12,083,412.6 0.264 2509 1.1
1905 5,052 11,137,639.2 0.254 2562 1.4
1906 6,803 14,997,893.8 0.305 2672 1.6
1907 7,891 17,396,498.6 1.9
1908 8,000 17,636,800.0 1.6
1909 7,690 16,953,374.0 1.8
1910 9,043 19,936,197.8 2.1
1911 7,343 16,188,377.8 2.1
1912 7,393 16,298,607.8 2.0
1913 5,523 12,176,005.8 1.6
1914 5,874 12,949,820.4 1.7
1915 5,233 11,536,671.8 2.3
1916 4,606 10,154,387.6 3291 2.2
1917
1918
1919 2,628 5,793,688.8 3067 1.4
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924 2,501 5,513,704.6 0.154 1.8
1925
1926
1927
1928 3,221 7,101,016.6 0.211 2.0
1929 3,003 6,620,413.8 2.0
1930 3,516 7,751,373.6 0.205 2.0
1931 2,434 5,365,996.4 0.168 1.3
1932 2,747 6,056,036.2 0.208 2927 1.1
1933 2,675 5,897,305.0 0.18 2956 1.0
1934 2,439 5,377,019.4 0.183 2925 0.9
1935 3,487 7,687,440.2 0.185 3102 1.8
1936 2,323 5,121,285.8 0.185 0.9
1937 3,333 7,347,931.8 0.186 1.4
1938 3,474 7,658,780.4 0.258 3592 -
1939 3,005 6,624,823.0 0.26 3722 1.0
1940 3,467 7,644,735.0 0.222 3717 44.6 1.3
1941 4,054 8,939,070.0 0.194 3648 46.1 1.6
1942 3,812 8,405,460.0 0.187 3511 46.6 1.8
1943 5,202 11,470,410.0 0.209 4239 45.3 2.9
1944 6,376 14,059,080.0 0.252 4926 46.4 4.0
1945 8,677 19,132,785.0 0.378 6241 47.1 7.7
1946 8,517 18,779,985.0 0.473 6574 47.3 7.2
1947 8,290 18,279,450.0 0.516 5338 48.6 6.8
1948 7,223 15,926,715.0 0.439 5345 - 6.4
1949 8,742 19,276,110.0 0.462 5424 - 6.7
1950 8,324 18,354,420.0 0.43 5152 49.3 6.4
1951 9,415 20,760,075.0 0.383 4653 51.4 7.2
1952 9,087 20,036,835.0 0.417 5032 50.2 8.5
1953 10,112 22,296,960.0 0.49 5497 52.0 8.4
1954 9,818 21,648,690.0 0.488 5794 50.3 8.1
1955 10,302 22,715,910.0 0.532 6051 50.0 8.7
1956 9,316 20,541,780.0 0.533 5892 48.6 9.1
1957 11,068 24,404,940.0 0.565 6068 48.8 9.0
1958 9,665 21,311,325.0 0.609 6236 47.4 10.4
1959 10,126 22,327,830.0 0.717 6488 47.0 11.3
1960 10,889 24,010,245.0 0.745 6636 47.9 11.0
1961 9,485 20,782,125.0 0.752 6472 47.3 11.1
1962 10,013 22,078,665.0 0.767 5658 46.6 11.2
1963 10,344 22,808,520.0 0.731 5695 47.9 12.6
1964 9,713 21,417,165.0 0.754 5803 46.9 14.2
1965 8,556 18,865,980.0 0.789 5802 45.8 14.2
1966 9,034 19,919,970.0 0.776 5613 45.7 14.9
1967 7,479 16,489,196.0 0.715 5425 45.1 13.6
1968 9,300 20,501,732.0 0.747 5489 46.6 14.9
1969 8,997 19,834,780.0 0.805 5750 47.9 16.0
1970 8,243 18,172,269.0 1.18 6316 48.0 18.2
1971 7,964 17,558,351.0 1.278 6702 47.7 17.5
1972 7,374 16,256,467.0 1.448 7045 47.1 18.6
1973 7,731 17,044,194.0 1.172 7894 47.8 23.3
1974 7,465 16,457,666.0 1.79 10523 48.5 23.2
1975 7,719 17,017,411.0 1.771 10455 48.9 27.5
1976 8,619 19,001,053.0 1.754 9041 48.7 29.2
1977 8,386 18,487,138.0 1.739 8827 47.6 32.1
1978 8,678 19,130,459.0 1.723 8712 46.4 33.9
1979 10,040 22,133,235.0 1.81 8600 48.0 39.9
1980 9,969 21,980,691.0 1.846 9200 46.4 41.7
1981 10,250 22,631,619.0 1.825 8548 47.1 47.2
1982 10,360 22,893,287.0 2.143 8891 48.0 50.8
1983 9,967 21,974,946.0 2.34 8895 47.9 51.2
1984 8,865 19,538,689.0 2.175 8730 47.7 48.8
1985 8,454 20,121,180.0 1.766 7879 48.1 45.0
1986 8,940 19,704,317.0 1.595 6875 47.3 46.2
1987 8,953 19,732,080.0 1.909 6730 46.8 54.5
1988 9,826 21,633,664.0 2.053 6804 47.4 60.9
1989 10,626 23,420,609.0 2.001 7215 46.8 59.7
1990 12,739 28,076,858.0 2.13 6706 48.6 59.9
1991 13,991 30,845,889.0 2.015 6940 48.4 72.4
1992 12,196 26,887,382.0 2.012 6162 48.0 72.0
1993 13,601 29,977,667.0 1.806 6176 47.3 74.0
1994 17,665 38,934,169.0 2.785 6503 48.7 101.0
1995 16,565 36,508,461.0 2.408 7690 49.5 102.3
1996 16,435 36,222,628.0 2.605 7158 48.6 105.4
1997 21,325 47,022,555.0 2.593 7095 48.2 138.3
1998 21,329 47,030,750.0 2.819 7243 48.6 137.2
1999 23,861 52,614,536.0 3.036 7244 49.8 184.6
2000 25,948 57,215,406.0 2.773 7326 49.8 187.7
2001 21,661 47,762,319.0 2.960 7327 50.2 153.9
2002 28,261 62,315,110.0 3.080 7353 51.1 207.4
2003 24,937 54,976,864 3.190 7426 50.2 205.7
2004 32,185 70,955,778 3.217 7434 50.3 285.9
2005 29,117 64,192,495 3.269 7261 51.9 296.4
 
Text Box: *1981-95 traps are calculated by estimate of active boats and estimate of mean traps per fisherman. *1996-2005 # traps are taken from # of trap tags sold for that year. * # of fishermen are taken from # of licenses sold not including recreational fishers.