Lobster tales
It’s peak lobster season in Maine, USA, and colorful wooden buoys like these are marking lobster traps (or 'pots') along the state’s coastline. Each fisherman or woman has a unique color and pattern to their buoys, and designs are frequently passed down through generations. While practical, lobster buoys hanging from the sides of barns and sheds are also an iconic site along with coastal Maine.The state of Maine is known as Vacation land for a reason—it has a year-round population of just 1.3 million people, but it welcomes more than 10 million visitors in a typical summer. And for most, a visit to Maine isn't complete without a taste of broiled lobster tails, lobster bisque, or lobster rolls. The sweet lobster meat (dipped in butter, of course) wasn’t always so revered. Lobsters were once considered trash fish; they were so abundant they'd wash up on beaches, were fed to prisoners, and were used as fish bait and fertilizer.
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