Demographic and economic trends in the northeastern United States lobster (Homarus americanus) fishery, 1970-2005

"The present condition of the American lobster (Homarus americanus) industry and its involved communities is shaped not only by contemporary regulations or social and economic conditions, but by the accumulation of past events, including changes in resource conditions, coastal development, and shifts in management responsibilities. Identifying these changes over time and how they may have influenced today's lobster industry requires selecting a baseline period consistent with the temporal and geographic scope of both the lobster resource and the human communities that exploit it"--Introduction. by Eric M. Thunberg. "October 2007." Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-64).