Lobster Monitoring and Assessment
This lobster program is the longest running, on-going, catch and effort study within the Department. In addition to lobster landings statistics, this program has been collecting statistical information on the commercial and natural population of lobsters along the Maine coast for over 40 years. The program collects valuable data on lobster catch as well as discards and bycatch which are directly used in the lobster stock assessment as well as in other studies.
- 2021 monitoring program update & results (PDF file, 3 pages)
- Program information about each lobster life stage and relevant surveys
- Latest lobster stock assessment and peer review, c/o ASMFC (near bottom of page)
Lobster Life History Research
- Female lobster size at maturity studies
- Larval lobster surveys
- More information will be coming here soon. In the meantime, please contact Jesica Waller.
Other DMR Lobster Research
- DMR Lobster Research Collaborative
- Historical DMR research publications
- Lobster tagging and Rewards raffle
Contacts
Kathleen Reardon - Senior Lobster Biologist, Monitoring and Assessment
Jesica Waller - Senior Lobster Biologist, Life History
Matt Davis - Sea Sampling and Ventless Trap Survey Coordinator
Robert Russell - Settlement Survey Coordinator