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• N.S. lobster fishing season underway, First Nation fishers to sit out

  A DFO spokesman confirmed the fishing boats left port at 4 a.m. to start the season.

  Canada

  Dec 8, 2020
  
• N.S. lobster fishing postponed for 8th day in southwest, may open in next 48 hours

  Dumping Day - the first day of the lobster fishing season when traps are placed - was supposed to happen on Nov. 30, but high winds and rough seas continue to delay the opening.

  Canada

  Dec 7, 2020
  
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• Southwest Nova Scotia lobster fishermen protest First Nations fishery

  Fisherman say a communal First Nations lobster fishery in the area is also being used for commercial purposes while the Mi'kmaq First Nations say they are asserting their right to fish for a moderate livelihood.

  Politics

  Sep 15, 2020
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• How Donald Trump helped boost Nova Scotia’s lucrative lobster industry

  Demand from Canada's largest export market, the United States, remains strong, thanks to a healthy U.S. economy, a weak Canadian dollar and from President Donald Trump's ongoing trade war with China.

  Economy

  Nov 29, 2018
• Lobster season off southwestern N.S. postponed due to rough weather in forecast

  The season was supposed to start Monday, but industry associations that represent the region's 6,000 lobster fishermen decided Saturday to delay the start and then make a decision on how to proceed on Monday.

  Canada

  Nov 26, 2018
• Fishermen protest outside Fisheries office, lobsters dumped at ‘dozens’ of sites across Nova Scotia

  About 50 protesters were in Digby to keep pressure on Fisheries officials to enforce regulations concerning the sale of lobster caught outside the regular season by Indigenous fishermen.

  Economy

  Sep 18, 2017
• Lobster season off Nova Scotia closes with high prices, good catches: fisherman

  Lobster fishermen in southwest Nova Scotia say they're closing out the season with some of the best prices in a decade.

  Canada

  Jun 1, 2016