In this Friday, June 28, 2013, photo, workers shuck cooked lobster meat at the Sea Hag Lobster Processing plant in Tenants Harbor, Maine. More and more American and Canadian-caught lobsters have been turning up at fancy restaurants in China, marketed as “Boston lobster”, say Maine-based processors. (Photo by Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)

In this June 20, 2014, file photo, lobsters are processed at the Sea Hag Seafood plant in St. George, Maine. More and more American and Canadian-caught lobsters have been turning up at fancy restaurants in China, marketed as “Boston lobster”, say Maine-based processors. One processing firm owner says it's now the biggest live lobster important day of the year after Christmas in Europe. (Photo by Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)

In this June 20, 2014, file photo, Frank Carlson breaks a claw off a lobster at the Sea Hag Seafood processing plant in St. George, Maine. As the Chinese economy grows, so does their desire to serve American lobster on Chinese New Year. One processing firm owner says it's now the biggest live lobster important day of the year after Christmas in Europe. (Photo by Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)

In this undated file photo ice clings to the hull of a lobster boat in Cape Porpoise, Maine. Many Maine lobstermen traditionally stay in during the winter when lobsters move further off-shore and frigid weather makes fishing more difficult. But a growing desire for lobster in China, especially during their February New Year's celebration, is expanding the market for Maine and Canadian fishermen. (Photo by Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)

In this June 28, 2013, photo, Kyle Murdock, owner of Sea Hag Lobster Processing, holds a tray of lobster tails in a refrigerator at his plant in Tenants Harbor, Maine. More and more American and Canadian-caught lobsters have been turning up at fancy restaurants in China, marketed as “Boston lobster”, say Maine-based processors. (Photo by Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)

In this July 2007 file photo, a lobster scientist holds a 2-pound lobster underwater on Friendship Long Island, Maine. As the Chinese economy grows, so does their desire to serve American lobster on Chinese New Year. (Photo by Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)

In this February 9, 2015, photo, a Chinese chef prepares a mountain of Boston lobsters at the Auspicious Garden restaurant in Pangu Seven Star Hotel in Beijing. Every morning the Auspicious Garden restaurant in Beijing receives around 800 lobsters that have just crossed the Pacific aboard a cargo plane. In the evening, hundreds of diners fill the two-story restaurant in the gigantic hotel for a nearly $80 all-you-can-eat buffet with the New England specialty as the main attraction. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)