The Homarus Americanus, The American Lobster, is also known as the Massachusetts lobster, the Maine lobster, the Canadian lobster or the North Atlantic lobster. The American Lobster is found on the east coast of North America, from Newfoundland to North Carolina.
Lobsters usually move around and hunt for food at night.
It was once thought that lobsters were scavengers and ate primarily dead things. In the Northeast it is one of several fishery resources that is considered to be generally overfished. Fishermen and managers, however, are working together to develop management measures which will help insure adequate egg production to sustain the resource and fishery. Egg-bearing females are also protected and if caught, must be placed back in the sea. Lobster traps must also have biodegradable escape panels which will create a large opening and neutralize the fishing potential of a lost trap.