Lower prices for the catch, coupled with higher expenses to catch it, is not a great combination to be on the minds of fish harvesters as a new season gets underway.
Lobster traps and gear are loaded onto boats at the wharf on Yarmouth’s waterfront on the evening of Nov. 30, 2021 as the industry prepared for last year's delayed start to the commercial lobster fishery due to wind. The weather put off the opening by two days.
If the season doesn't open on Nov. 28, it will open on the next best available date as identified by DFO and industry.LFA 34 – which takes in all of Yarmouth County and much of Digby and Shelburne counties – has the most licence holders of any commercial lobster fishery in the Atlantic provinces, with around 980.
Safety is a major concern when the season gets underway, as lobster vessels, heavily loaded with traps and gear, head to the fishing grounds on what is referred to as dumping day.The most important piece of safety equipment aboard any fishing vessel is the personal floatation device . Lobster vessels were still being loaded with traps and gear on Yarmouth’s waterfront the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 30. The season had been scheduled to get underway on Monday, Nov. 29 but strong winds kept the boats ashore. A 4 a.m. industry conference call on Wednesday, Dec. 1 confirmed that the season would start that day, although in LFA 34 the season only opened at 8 a.m. instead of the usual 6 a.m. start time.
Cape Sable Island fisherman Luke Waybret carries a trap to be piled with others on the Clark’s Harbour wharf. KATHY JOHNSON
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