Swampscott claims the special distinction as the birthplace of the lobster trap: Resident Ebenezer Thorndike invented the contraption here in 1808. “This method has now been used for over 200 years,” ...

Summers spent lobstering in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and a competitive spirit helped the late Jim Knott Sr. (AB 1954, OPM 17, 1991) build a better mouse trap, or, in his case, a better lobster trap.

Christmas trees constructed from lobster traps, fishing buoys, and even wooden trawl tubs, are increasingly becoming traditions in coastal communities along the southwestern shores of Nova Scotia.

WALTHAM - Lobsters are a way of life in New England, but marine conservationists say the delicacy comes at a cost. Lobster trap lines entangle, injure and even kill North Atlantic Right Whales. Cormac ...