Lobsters

• $400K worth of lobster hijacked on the way to Costco, shipper says

  'For a mid-sized brokerage like ours, a $400,000 loss is significant,' said Dylan Rexing, the president and chief executive of supply chain company Rexing Companies.

  Trending

  Dec 29, 2025
  
• Commercial fishers seek $10 million in damages against ‘illegal’ N.S. lobster buyers

  A commercial lobster fishing group in Nova Scotia has gone to court seeking $10 million in damages against those it alleges are buying lobster caught illegally in St. Mary’s Bay.

  Canada

  Nov 6, 2024
  
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• Fishery officers seize 8,000 lobsters in New Brunswick, arrest two Nova Scotians

  The federal Fisheries Department says two people from Nova Scotia were arrested this week in New Brunswick following the seizure of thousands of lobsters.

  Canada

  Sep 1, 2023
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• 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
• Last of four men sentenced in connection with million-dollar lobster theft in 2016: N.B. RCMP

  Four men — three from Quebec and one from New Brunswick — were arrested in March 2017 in connection with the thefts.

  Crime

  Sep 5, 2019
• U.S. lobster exports to China take steep dive as Canadian business booms

  In Canada, exports to China through June were already approaching 33 million pounds, which is nearly as much as all of 2018.

  Canada

  Aug 25, 2019
• Dalhousie study disputes Ottawa’s claims that fish farming is a sustainable industry

  A new study suggests evidence that Ottawa uses to claim aquaculture is environmentally sustainable is sketchy because it lacks any detailed, long-term analysis.

  Environment

  Jun 24, 2019
• Thieves make off with 1,200 pounds of lobster in Nova Scotia

  In total, 1,200 pounds of lobster were stolen from the lobster pounds on Long Cove Road, according to police.

  Canada

  Jan 4, 2019
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• Drugged, then boiled: Lobsters get high for a more ‘humane’ death

  A Maine eatery is getting their lobsters high before cooking them — in an attempt to make killing the crustaceans them more humane.

  Canada

  Sep 20, 2018
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• ‘Large quantity’ of lobster meat pinched from New Brunswick processing plant

  Investigators believe the theft of the meat, which was packed in 20-lb boxes, happened in the early morning hours of Aug. 10.

  Canada

  Aug 13, 2018