I'm sure this seasons warmer water has a lot to do with the early high harvest of shedders. But I also can't help but think the enormous growing number of feeding stations the huge number of baited traps represent for undersized lobsters, is creating an unnatural population boom on the coast of Maine.

In effect, they may have outfarmed(oversupplied) the market.

The good market is a high end food that follows a seasonal supply and demand. The Canadians do a better job following that market by limiting their season.

The less lucrative market is the lower end processed lobster from shedders. Maine lobstermen have grown that market with an increasing catch and their reluctance to do their own marketing to the higher end. To top i t off, they've grown that processing industry in Canada instead of here.

I'm not seeing any new trucks in Rockport.