Acheson, James M. 1972. "Territories of the Lobstermen: Good Ocean Boundaries Make Good Neighbors... and Vice Versa." Natural History.

Abstract

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"The rules for lobster fishing territories are especially critical because they control access to the lobsters and because they have important ecological implications at a time when some parts of the marine resource are being over exploited.

"Growing up in an inland area of Maine, I was for a long time vaguely aware that territoriality existed among lobstermen. Only recently, however, did I find evidence of these territorial rules and investigate them systematically."