Lobster Fisheries

• Opening days delayed for Canada’s largest and most lucrative lobster fisheries

  Normally, 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.

  Canada

  Nov 28, 2022
  
• Fishermen remove Indigenous lobster traps despite ‘positive’ meeting between DFO, Sipekne’katik chief

  Sipekne’katik First Nation Chief Mike Sack described the news of additional lines being sabotaged as "disheartening."

  Crime

  Sep 20, 2020
  
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• Lobster protests: Nova Scotia MP demands immediate action from Ottawa

  Hundreds of non-Indigenous commercial fishermen staged protests at two wharfs in southwestern Nova Scotia, alleging illegal fishing in St. Marys Bay.

  Canada

  Sep 16, 2020
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• N.B. producers say its not too late to salvage season as Higgs wavers on temporary foreign worker ban

  Agriculture groups say the ban on the temporary foreign workers may be the difference between make or break for many farms in the province.

  Health

  May 21, 2020
• Spring lobster season opens amid manpower concerns for processors

  The season is opening two weeks later than usual because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Economy

  May 15, 2020
• Lobster fishers who decline work due to COVID-19 are eligible for federal benefits: Ottawa

  Calls to open, close and delay the spring lobster season in Nova Scotia are ongoing as the COVID-19 outbreak intensifies.

  Health

  Apr 17, 2020
• Fisheries producers shifting gears to adjust to coronavirus impact on markets 

  The owner of Labrador Gem Seafood had counted on attending Seafood Expo North America in Boston this month, but learned Tuesday the event is being postponed.

  Economy

  Mar 4, 2020
• Three men facing charges following altercation in Little Harbour, N.S., related to local lobster fisheries

  The altercation stemmed from a longstanding dispute between two families, which is related to the local lobster fisheries. The dispute resulted in two men going to the home of another man to confront him. 

  Crime

  Jun 11, 2019