Lobster is not a delicacy in New England, and eating at a lobster pound is the New England equivalent of a German biergarten. One of the reasons why the price has dropped so much is that the lobster fishery is managed for sustainability.

I think the stuff about humanely killing the lobsters is hogwash. Boiling and eating a live lobster is one of the few meals where you have to confront the fact that we kill so that we can eat. Hold them upside down, plunge the lobster headfirst into the boiling water, and give thanks for life. And make sure you have a pot with a heavy lid.