If you’re visiting our store, we can pack to travel with a little ice for your short trip home, or in your cooler for a longer drive. We can also pack your lobsters in one of our insulated boxes, with re-usable gel packs for long trips. Our boxes can also be checked as luggage if you’re flying, and our smallest box can even go as carry-on luggage (always check your carrier’s baggage policies!)
If you’re not nearby, no problem! We ship live lobsters overnight, so you can enjoy the freshest Maine lobster just about anywhere, just about anytime.
Cooking Maine lobster is nothing to be intimidated by; it’s simple! Just make sure to steam them instead of boiling them. Check out the complete recipe here!
A soft shell lobster is a lobster that has, as a normal function of its growth, shed its shell. This tends to happen sometime in early- to mid-summer. Most soft shell lobsters have typically become hard shell by November or December. During this period, known as soft shell season, hard shell lobsters are still available (though less plentiful). Soft shell lobsters generally contain less meat per pound than hard shells, though that meat is a bit sweeter and more tender. Soft shells are not recommended for travel, nor can we ship them, as their life expectancy is a much shorter out of water.
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Harbor Fish Market • (207) 775-0251 • 9 Custom House Wharf • Portland, Maine 04101
(207) 503-5900• 246 US Route 1, Scarborough, Maine 04074