爱德华王子岛是加拿大东部海洋四省之一。爱德华王子岛由于土壤中含有大量的氧化铁，所以地面呈红褐色，土质肥沃，是农业发展的有利条件。该岛海岸曲折，多港口，北岸多沙滩，形成了众多的天然海滨浴场。优越的地理条件，使爱德华王子岛以优质的土豆和龙虾著称于世，其中龙虾尤为著名，与布伦瑞克省共称“世界龙虾之都”。
爱德华王子岛龙虾是一种珍贵的水产经济动物，肉质鲜美而被誉为“龙虾之王”，具有极高的营养价值，蛋白质含量高，而脂肪含量低，还有人体所需的微量元素和丰富的维生素，是营养和食疗价值很高的海产品。龙虾的食疗价值表现在龙虾肉的蛋白质中，含有较多的原肌球蛋白和副肌球蛋白。
另外，爱德华王子岛龙虾壳比其他产地的龙虾壳更红，这是由于比其他产地的龙虾含有更多的铁。
Prince Edward Island is one of the four marine-time provinces in eastern Canada. PEI has a reddish brown and fertile soil because of a large amount of iron oxide in the soil, which offers favorable conditions for agriculture. The zigzag coast of this island finds a lot of ports. There are many bathing beaches on the north coast. The unique red soil makes PEI famous in the world for its high-quality potatoes and its coastal waters for lobsters especially. Therefore, PEI is known as the world’s “Lobster Capital" ranking with New Brunswick province.
The PEI lobster, which is known as "the king of lobster ", is an animal of aquatic economic value. It boasts high nutrition, high protein, low fat, trace elements and rich vitamins needed by human body. It is said that seafood is healthy food, lobster in particular. The dietary value of the lobster is expressed in the protein of the lobster meat, containing more tropomyosin and paramyosin.
In addition, the PEI lobster’s shell contains more iron and turns deeper-red in cooking than the other kinds of lobster.
