Publication
Lobster Monitor
Clients, event planners, and small buyers facing a supplier's lobster price claim. Market evidence from public sources, arranged so that a price claim can be checked against it. Nothing here is a supplier's cost, and nothing here says whether a contractual adjustment is permitted.
Editions
No edition has been published yet. The methodology and source list are public now; the first edition will be listed here with its permanent address when it publishes.
- 22 September 2026Issue 0: September 2026 baselineDrafted, publication pending. Held until the 2026-09-25 observation capture; the owner decides publication after it.draft
Sources
Fetched by script, retained byte for byte, and listed with each edition. The full method, including comparison rules and the letter map for any original observations, is on the methodology page.
| Source | Class | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Maine DMR: lobster landings by month, county, and zone (PDF) | OFFICIAL STATISTIC (annual publication of monthly pounds and value) | https://www.maine.gov/dmr/fisheries/commercial/landings-program/landings-data |
| NOAA Fisheries FOSS trade data: live lobster imports (Homarus spp.) | OFFICIAL STATISTIC (monthly import value; not a retail price) | https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/foss/f?p=215:2::::: |
| U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: PPI and CPI series (public API v1) | FOOD-COST INDICATOR (index, not a lobster price) | https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/WPU02230503 |
| USDA ERS Food Price Outlook (CPI forecast table) | FOOD-COST INDICATOR (official forecast table) | https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-price-outlook |