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Global crowds flock to shell out for lobster

Maine, USA

In the Northern Hemisphere, August is a prime month for food production – both from land and sea – and there’s no shortage of festivals to mark this abundance.

One is the Maine Lobster Festival, on the furthest reaches of the north-east coast in the US. American lobster – also known as Maine lobster – is the heaviest crustacean in the world, which Maine’s citizens, and thousands of tourists from across the globe, celebrate every year.

Maine’s lobster supply chain extends from trap to table, with the state handling catching, processing and distributing an estimated 3.2 million kilograms of lobster every year.