Check out our handy guide to buying lobster.

A soft-shell lobster—or “shedder lobster”—has recently molted, or shed its old shell, so it can begin growing a new, larger shell. Hard-shell lobsters have not yet shed, so they are packed very full.

Since Maine lobsters grow in an ideal habitat, they’re the ideal lobsters to buy! They thrive in cold, clear water with the right amount of salinity to create hard shells and delicious meat. You can buy lobster from many different parts of the world, but none will be as sweet and tasty as those from the North Atlantic—and especially from Maine.

Cooked lobsters are red. Live lobsters are usually greenish brown, but there are some rare yellow, white—and even red!—lobsters. Except for the white ones, they all turn red when cooked.

People. Just kidding. Crabs, clams, mussels, starfish, smaller fish, and sometimes even other lobsters! A lobster has teeth in its stomach, not its mouth.

They “smell” food with four small antennae on the front of their heads and tiny sensing hairs that cover their bodies.

About the size of a pinhead. A one-pound female lobster usually has from 8,000 to 12,000 eggs attached to the underside of her tail. She carries the eggs for about a year until they are released as larvae. Only about one-tenth of one percent of those eggs will live past six weeks.

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Sure! We live in a beautiful area where there is lots to see and do. Here are some links to explore:

• VillageSoup – The Online Community
• Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce
• Maine Bureau of Tourism
• Maine Lobster Promotion Council
• Lobster Institute
• Maine Resource Guide
• Maine Media Workshops
• Gulf of Maine Aquarium
• Maine Department of Marine Resources
• Town of Rockport Home Page
• Town of Camden Home Page
• Friendship Trap Company
• The Windward House
• Inn at Sunrise Point
• Hartstone Inn
• Hawthorn Inn