This is a marvelous study of the American Lobster: its history, life cycle, the people who catch it, and the cultural and economic impact of it. Published in 2001, there were questions as to whether the lobster industry was on the verge of collapse from environmental change and overfishing. I'll let you research what happened between 2001 and 2015.
I picked up this hardcover copy from the Little Free Library (No. 9217) on Aster Blvd. in Rockville, MD.

Released at the DC Metro Bookcrossers' meet-up at Noodles and Company, Congressional Plaza, Rockville, MD.

Picked from pile of books brought to the BCinDC monthly meet-up today.

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I enjoyed reading this book. Well written and very interesting. An intimate book about the etiology of the Maine lobster, the people of Maine who harvest them and the scientists who study them.

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I was pleased to find this book in the Biographies of Things bookbox. I've already read it, so I'll leave it for someone else, but wanted to add my comments.

This is a very detailed look at lobsters and their habits, as well as the way humans harvest them, with the economic and environmental factors involved. The author has a dry humor at times that I quite appreciate. And if the book made me crave one of the awesome lobster rolls at Red's in Wiscassett, Maine, well, that's not surprising!

There's an appendix on "How to Cook a Lobster" that goes into the question of the most humane methods of killing them; definitely of interest, whether you end up agreeing with the author's conclusions or not. [No actual recipes, though!]

[I also enjoyed Corson's The Story of Sushi.]

from a book box

bookbox; Lobsters used to be a peasant food - who knew? Author spent a few years on a lobster boat. He mostly follows the families on Little Cranberry Island, off the coast of Maine. Nobody had really studied lobsters, from Egg through adulthood to figure out their predators & who was most likely to subcome. And lots is still not known, such as why an area becomes devoid of lobsters, and others ones are overabundant. It was written in 2014, and from googling, there still is a disagreement between the lobster fishermen and the government - now there's a ban because of a whale that lobstermen don't feel is really an issue.

Arrived in Colorado aboard the Biographies of Things bookbox.
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