Lobster Leaflets

1. An Analysis of the Maine Commercial Lobster Catch. - 1998
2. Size at First Sexual Maturity for Male and Female Lobsters Found Along the Maine Coast. - 1972
3. Seeder Program. - 1974 - pdf 1MB
4. Facts Behind the Lobster Escape Vent Law.  1977 - pdf 1.5MB
5. Lobster Tagging Study. - 1977 - pdf 2.9MB
6. Trap Limits. - 1979 - pdf 1.4MB
7. Historical Review of Lobster Tagging Studies in American Waters (1898 - 1980). - 1980 - pdf 2.5MB
8. The Maine Cancer Crab Fishery. - 1980 - pdf 2.7MB
9. Some Life History Notes on Lobsters. - 1981 - pdf 1MB
10. Examination of Recent Changes in Jonah Crab Abundance and Harvesting Practices. - 1983 - pdf 1MB
11. Description of DMR's Juvenile Mark-Recapture Investigations and Some Preliminary Findings. (1977-1982). - 1983 - pdf 2MB
12. What do Lobsters EAT and Who Eats Lobsters. - 1984 - pdf 660kb
13. Collection of Papers Pertaining to Lobster Shipment and Storage in Recirculating, Refrigerated and Open Seawater Systems. - 1984
14. Maine Lobster Minimum Size Limits: Past, Present, and Future. - 1987 - pdf 1.5MB
15. Geographic Size Variation in Maine Lobsters. - 1987 - pdf 579 kb
16. Impact of Recent Gauge Increases on Lobster Size. - 190 - pdf 2MB
17. A Summary of Maine Lobster Laws and Regulations, 1820-1992. - 1992
18. What Causes the "Black Lobster"? - 1990 - pdf 265kb
19. Current Trends in Cull Rates of Lobsters Along the Maine Coast. - 1991
20. Changes in the Lobster Industry, 1967-1990. - 1991
21. Photo documentation of V-Notch Healing in the American Lobster, Homarus americanus. - 1991
22. Temperature-Molt Relationships in Lobsters near Boothbay Harbor, Maine, 1989-92. - 1993
23. Why Have Lobster Landing of the 1990's Been So High? - 1995

Lobster Reference Document Series

1. Port-Sampling Procedures. - 1994

Other Reports

• Ongoing Juvenile Lobster Tagging Studies of the 1980's. - 1987
• Lobster Tail Meat Validation Study: Minimum Size Agreement. - 1989
• Lobster Tail Meat Validation Study: Maximum Size Assessment. - 1992
• Ghost Panel Orientation Study. - 1994

Scientific Journal Reprints

1. Some Life History Aspects of the Rock Crab in the Gulf of Maine. - 1972
2. Maturity, Sex Ratio, Size Composition of the Natural Population of American Lobster Along the Maine Coast. - 1973
3. Distribution and Catch Composition of Jonah Crab and Rock Crab Near Boothbay Harbor, Maine. - 1980
4. Incidence of Cull Lobsters in Commercial and Research Catches off the Maine Coast. - 1976
5. Size Composition and Growth of Young Rock Crab, Cancer irroratus, on a Rocky Beach in Maine. - 1976
6. Effectiveness of Escape Vent Shape n Traps for Catching Legal-Sized Lobster and Harvestable-Sized Jonah and Rock Crabs. - 1978
7. Movement, Growth, Mortality of American Lobsters Tagged Along the Coast of Maine. - 1981
8. Occurrence of Albino Rock Crabs in Penobscot Bay, Maine. - 1981
9. Performance and selectivity of trap fisheries for crustaceans. In: Marine invertebrate fisheries: their assessment and management. - 
10. Effectiveness of the Western Australian Rock Lobster Tag for Marking Juvenile American Lobsters Along the Maine Coast. - 1990
11. Evaluation of Inserting Coded Microwire Tags in Logs of Small Juvenile American Lobsters. - 1990
12. Determination of lobster trap density near midcoastal Maine by aerial photography. - 1993