{"id":23172,"date":"2025-09-08T11:54:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T11:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=23172"},"modified":"2025-09-08T11:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T11:55:12","slug":"the-nova-scotia-lobster-fishery-stamps-out-out-of-season-harvests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2025\/09\/08\/the-nova-scotia-lobster-fishery-stamps-out-out-of-season-harvests\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nova Scotia lobster fishery stamps out out-of-season harvests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Between June 1 and early September 2025, lobster authorities in Nova Scotia, southeast Canada had removed 1,000 traps for placement out-of-season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fisheries Department recounted that by September 1 it had dislodged the thousand traps and freed 4,400 lobster<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This follows the end of the main commercial season<\/u><\/a> on the Atlantic coast in June, with the next starting December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the lull period, members of the First Nations tribes can continue fishing but cannot sell their catches commercially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is not clear whether the arrests were to do with fishers who sold their hauls or outsiders fishing in tribal waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 31, officers detained 6 illegal fishers in Yarmouth County while on August 27 arrested four more on St. Mary\u2019s Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under a 1990 precedent of a Supreme Court of Canada ruling, indigenous fisheries are only accessible to members of First Nations. These fishers, however, cannot sell their hauls during the commercial off-season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The First Nations enjoy this privilege because they have traditionally depended on fishing for subsistence and for carrying out ceremonies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Florida, too<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The same situation affected fishers in Florida, who in their part are coping with immigrant arrests in their midst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the New Minimalist<\/u><\/a> on September 6, 2025, crew raids on boats to identify illegal immigrants are affecting lobstering activites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the Trump administration, illegal immigrants from nearby Latin American origins are either charged at court or deported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is happening during the main lobster season in the Sunshine State, which runs from August 6 to December 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Florida, unlike Nova Scotia, mainly lands spiny lobster versus Canada\u2019s world-beating Homarus Americanus <\/em>species.<\/em> And as the following statistics indicate, the southwest Canada province is one of the powerhouses of the crawfish, nationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nova Scotia Lobster <\/strong>Statistics <\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nova Scotia is a province on the southwest of Canada on the Atlantic coast. Its fisheries fall along Canada\u2019s 26a to 35 licensed fishing areas (LFAs<\/u><\/a>). It is one of the leading hubs of lobster not just nationally but globally. According to the province\u2019s Fisheries & Aquaculture department<\/u><\/a>, the province lands around 51,000 tonnes of lobster annually, as of 2014. This represents around $570 million in annual revenue (2014) or three-quarters of the total export value of national lobster exports. Most of this revenue comes from the bottom of the ocean where the fishers place their traps with baits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where do Nova Scotia\u2019s fishers sell their lobster?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In any given year, about 60% <\/u><\/a>of lobster catches from Nova Scotia end up in the United States. The rest either sells in other provinces within Canada or undergoes non-commercial domestic consumption by the First Nations tribes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do lobster sell well in Nova Scotia<\/strong>? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seasonal prices are the mandate of the Fish, Food and Allied Workers (FFAW) and the Lobster Processors Association. Market prices in Nova Scotia mostly fall between C$8 and 15 per pound in normal times. During low demand, prices can fall to C$6.50 a pound<\/u><\/a> as happened in May 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the lobster export value in Canada?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lobster export value in Canada totaled 87,189 tonnes in 2023 and 80,365 tonnes in 2024. \u00a0The industry\u2019s total trade value amounted to $2,641,169 in 2023, according to the\u00a0government of Canada<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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