Lobsters
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Nova Scotia seafood sector welcomes China deal extension, but some exporters feel left outMany in the industry were worried China would soon reinstate a 25-per-cent tariff targeting lobster, Nova Scotia's main seafood export.EconomyNov 5
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$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.TrendingDec 29, 2025
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Commercial fishers seek $10 million in damages against ‘illegal’ N.S. lobster buyersA 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.CanadaNov 6, 2024
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Fishery officers seize 8,000 lobsters in New Brunswick, arrest two Nova ScotiansThe federal Fisheries Department says two people from Nova Scotia were arrested this week in New Brunswick following the seizure of thousands of lobsters.CanadaSep 1, 2023
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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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Last of four men sentenced in connection with million-dollar lobster theft in 2016: N.B. RCMPFour men — three from Quebec and one from New Brunswick — were arrested in March 2017 in connection with the thefts.CrimeSep 5, 2019
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U.S. lobster exports to China take steep dive as Canadian business boomsIn Canada, exports to China through June were already approaching 33 million pounds, which is nearly as much as all of 2018.CanadaAug 25, 2019
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Dalhousie study disputes Ottawa’s claims that fish farming is a sustainable industryA new study suggests evidence that Ottawa uses to claim aquaculture is environmentally sustainable is sketchy because it lacks any detailed, long-term analysis.EnvironmentJun 24, 2019
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Thieves make off with 1,200 pounds of lobster in Nova ScotiaIn total, 1,200 pounds of lobster were stolen from the lobster pounds on Long Cove Road, according to police.CanadaJan 4, 2019
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Drugged, then boiled: Lobsters get high for a more ‘humane’ deathA Maine eatery is getting their lobsters high before cooking them — in an attempt to make killing the crustaceans them more humane.CanadaSep 20, 2018
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