Maine has a system where they fish year round and they have 600 - 800 traps.

The Canadian system has seasons and you are allowed 375 The largest Lobster Fishing Area operates when the Right Whales are else where. The Right Whales here tend to show up in the Summer and early Fall.

The Lobster Fishermen have whale rescue operations like this where they go out and try and save the whale.

A could years ago a lobster fisherman was killed trying to detangle a Right Whale.