37 cents: Average price, per pound, in 1954

$4.03: Average price, per pound, in 2004

21.6 million: Number of pounds landed in 1954

71 million: Number of pounds landed in 2004

$8.7 million: Value of landed lobsters in 1954

$286 million: Value of landed lobsters in 2004

Source: Maine Department of Marine Resources


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