Lobster Season
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‘Woefully inadequate’: N.S. announces $2,500 grant for fishers impacted by wildfiresThe province has announced that it will provide financial assistance to licensed fisheries in Nova Scotia affected by wildfires, but fishers say it isn't enough.MoneyAug 10, 2023
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Canada’s largest lobster fishery, in southwestern N.S., launches after weather delayAfter repeated delays due to poor weather conditions, lobster season has officially begun for one of the country's most lucrative fisheries in Southwestern Nova Scotia.CanadaDec 5, 2022
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Opening days delayed for Canada’s largest and most lucrative lobster fisheriesNormally, the season launches on the last Monday in November for the two areas, but the Fisheries Department changed the rules to allow for delays due to weather and safety issues.CanadaNov 28, 2022
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N.S. RCMP arrest 4 in connection with shots fired at Pictou Landing fishermanRCMP have not identified the men and no charges have been laid at this time. Investigators say they believe this is an isolated incident and that there is no threat to the public.CanadaDec 14, 2020
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Weather stretches out delay in opening lucrative southwestern N.S. lobster fisheryWhile the delay isn't unusual, the union representative and fisherman says it poses challenges for the fleet, because many boats have already placed bait in their lobster traps.CanadaDec 1, 2020
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Ottawa says N.S. coast clear of right whales and greenlights start to lobster seasonEarlier this week, Fisheries Department officials suspended the lobster season after right whales were detected off the southwest coast of Nova Scotia.CanadaNov 27, 2020
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Trouble brewing ahead of start to Nova Scotia fall lobster season: Indigenous leaderChief Mike Sack says the seizures by Fisheries Department officers have undermined negotiations with Ottawa aimed at establishing a moderate livelihood fishery.CanadaNov 26, 2020
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Maine lobster business salvaged its summer despite pandemicThe Maine lobster industry is in the midst of a multi-year boom, and fishermen have caught more than 100 million pounds for a record nine years in a row.CanadaSep 26, 2020
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‘Not a conservation concern’: N.S. Mi’kmaq won’t deplete lobster stock, says expertMi'kmaq fisherman say non-Indigenous fishers have threatened and intimidated them for their off-season fishery.CanadaSep 25, 2020
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Lobster protests: Nova Scotia RCMP arrest two at wharf in WeymouthThe Sipekne'katik First Nation says their people have a treaty right to fish at any time.CanadaSep 18, 2020
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