The Coastguard

2011-2012 Lobster season

The 2011-2012 lobster season off southwestern Nova Scotia has been anything but smooth sailing. The season started out with low prices in the fall, a vote on a split season, the establishment of a new lobster association in the winter, fishermen withholding their catches in January for a $5.50 price and fishermen going on strike in the spring as they sought a committed price for the rest of the season. Heck, even lobster tags delivered to fishermen in the fall were late this season.

Fishermen listen intently to the discussion at a 1688 meeting on May 4 in Yarmouth. There was a lot of confusion at the meeting, and following it, pertaining to a strike. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Lobster fisherman video catches attention

December 23, 2011 - 9 h 57

By Carla Allen THE VANGUARD NovaNewsNow.com One friend shared it with their friends and those friends shared it with their friends. In no time at...

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Illegal lobsters seized

April 27, 2012 - 10 h 41

There has been a major seizure of illegal lobsters in Yarmouth County. It happened around 5 a.m. Friday in Comeau’s Hill, where thousands of under-sized lobsters...

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