Lobster population is currently on the rise thanks to global warming, just in time for your July 4th celebration! But not so fast...

While areas like Massachusetts are seeing some all-time low prices for the sea creatures, others, like the Natural Resources Council of Maine, are less than optimistic.

"In a press conference on the Portland waterfront, lobster industry advocates said carbon pollution from power plants, cars and elsewhere is warming up and acidifying waters in the Gulf of Maine," says an official press release according to AP.

"The fact that carbon pollution hurts Maine lobsters should be a concern to all Mainers," affirms Natural Resources Council member Emmie Theberge.

Nevertheless, lobstermen elsewhere seem to be swimming in an abundance of desirable lobsters, especially with reported looser regulations on their predators, cod, halibut, and hake.

"You're seeing this explosion in catches," says Rick Wahle, a professor at Darling Marine Center at the University of Maine.

"You remove those large fish from the population, and lobsters outgrow their predators faster than they used to, and it allows them to exploit habitats they didn't used to."

Currently, lobstermen are paid about $3.74 per pound, with the supermarket price around $6.99 to $9.99.

For July 4th, it is the jackpot of all prices for seafood consumers and patriotic party-goers.

"It's become an affordable luxury now, there's no question," says chief executive of Legal Sea Foods, Roger Berkowitz according to the Boston Globe.

But others are warning that despite the population boom, lobsters may be negatively affected in the long run due to global warming, which in turn will sour your dinner entrée.

"Lobsters here have shown negative reaction to warming water temperatures and ocean acidification, as is evident in their early shedding and migrating north to colder water," continues Wahle.

"Disease and parasites could become a problem if climate change is not slowed by reductions in carbon emissions. In southern waters, lobsters have developed a disease that causes their shells to slowly disintegrate."