Stakeholders Say N.S. Lobster Prices Could Break Records This Season
Some LFAs have had record opening lobster prices this year, and stakeholders are hoping for the same on Nova Scotia’s South Shore.
Some LFAs have had record opening lobster prices this year, and stakeholders are hoping for the same on Nova Scotia’s South Shore.
There are only 82 Class B lobster fishers left in the Maritimes. After decades of being dismissed by the DFO, some of them have hired lawyers and a public relations firm to help change a rule that would allow family members to take on their licenses.
On a conference call with reporters Tuesday, CEO Ian Smith said the pandemic was the main reason sales fell more than $40-million compared to the same quarter the year before.
Nathan Cooke, the owner of Atlantic Canada Seafood, says he and his employees have received death threats and calls to boycott his business for Facebook posts showing support for commercial fishermen.
“If they can interfere with our fisheries, we’re going to start rallying up and blocking all of their wharves,” said says Sipekne’katik First Nation Chief Mike Sack.
A lobster boat captain from New Edinburgh, Nova Scotia, is speaking out after a violent encounter at a lobster pound on October 13.
The Membertou First Nation has taken an “historic” step into Nova Scotia’s lobster industry with the purchase of two offshore lobster fishing licenses from Clearwater Seafoods Inc.
The Lobster Council of Canada says recent live lobster shipments from Moncton and Halifax have been cancelled.
It’s only been 10 months since the popular eatery re-branded and moved across the river to Fredericton’s south side, but co-owner Leonie Gillingham says it’s already paying off big time.
New Brunswick is ranked the second largest exporter of seafood in Canada with export sales totalling $1.7 billion dollars last year.