It&#x27;s a mystery? Have always believed it due to the overfishing of cod. Historically there has been an overabundance of lobsters.<p><i>When the colonists first arrived on the shores of New England, ...lobsters used to wash up on shore in drifts two-feet tall. One 17th century British historian by the name of William Wood visited Newfoundland and noted, &quot;Their plenty makes them little esteemed and seldom eaten [except by the Indians who] get many of them every day for to baite their hooks withal and to eat when they can get no bass.&quot;</i><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;factually.gizmodo.com&#x2F;lobsters-were-once-only-fed-to-poor-people-and-prisoner-1612356919" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;factually.gizmodo.com&#x2F;lobsters-were-once-only-fed-to-...</a><p><i>Some contemporary Canadians remember kids from poor towns, as late as the 1940s, trading lobster sandwiches for peanut butter and jelly in the school cafeteria.</i><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.motherjones.com&#x2F;politics&#x2F;2006&#x2F;03&#x2F;how-lobster-clawed-its-way" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.motherjones.com&#x2F;politics&#x2F;2006&#x2F;03&#x2F;how-lobster-claw...</a>