Lobster Trivia | New England by the Numbers
25 number of times a lobster sheds its shell during the first five years of life 98 estimated number of calories in a typical 3-ounce serving of lobster 61:9.5 feet and inches: length of the world’s longest lobster roll, containing 48 pounds of meat, recorded at the Old Port Festival in Portland in 2009Get Your […]
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number of times a lobster sheds its shell during the first five years of life
98 estimated number of calories in a typical 3-ounce serving of lobster
61:9.5 feet and inches: length of the world’s longest lobster roll, containing 48 pounds of meat, recorded at the Old Port Festival in Portland in 2009
94.6 million pounds: total Maine lobster catch in 2010
111-118 million pounds: est. total U.S. lobster catch in 2010
44 number of lobsters consumed by record holder Sonya Thomas in 12 minutes at a contest in Kennebunkport in 2005
5,244 lobstermen working Maine’s waters in 2010
10+ tons of lobster meat served from mid-April to mid-October 2010 in Wiscasset at Red’s Eats, Maine’s most famous lobster shack
273 miles: longest recorded distance (Gulf of Maine to Nantucket) that a tagged lobster has ever traveled
$300 million: estimated average annual worth of Maine’s lobster industry
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Ian Aldrich is the Senior Features Editor at Yankee magazine, where he has worked for more for nearly two decades. As the magazine’s staff feature writer, he writes stories that delve deep into issues facing communities throughout New England. In 2019 he received gold in the reporting category at the annual City-Regional Magazine conference for his story on New England’s opioid crisis. Ian’s work has been recognized by both the Best American Sports and Best American Travel Writing anthologies. He lives with his family in Dublin, New Hampshire.
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