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New England by the Numbers: Lobster
by Ian Aldrich
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 Kenne bunkport in 2005
25
number of times a lobster sheds its shell during the first five years of life
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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