The latest annual report on “Fisheries of the United States” shows that 2009 landings of American lobster rose 18 percent, but value decreased by 2 percent, compared with 2008.
The report was issued earlier in September by the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Fisheries Statistics Division in Silver Spring, Md.
American lobster landings were nearly 96.9 million pounds valued at almost $299.5 million—an increase of 15.1 million pounds, but a decrease of almost $6.7 million, compared with 2008, according to the report.
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