The Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard, Diane Lebouthillier, has announced the issue of new exploratory fishing licenses to assess the capacity of lobster stocks in Quebec, ...

The Wildlife Trusts’s marine review of the year reveals conservation comebacks and calls for greater protection of the waters ...

Enforcement officers with the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans will soon have a new tool to lift, check and seize illegal lobster fishing gear from the waters between Nova Scotia and ...

"At Allswater, we're proud to be part of this project, and we're eager to see the ripple effect it will have on the lobster fishing industry," the company, which also has locations in Halifax ...

Dumping Day for lobster fishing areas (LFA) 33 and 34 will begin on November 26. The staple Nova Scotia fishery was delayed due to heavy winds. The start of commercial fishing for LFA 34, the larger ...

The annual “dumping day” for lobster fishing areas 33 and 34 is set for the final Monday of November, but there was a one-day delay this year due to rough weather. Dwayne Surette, a federal ...

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) announced opening dates for multiple Newfoundland and Labrador Lobster Fishing Areas on Wednesday. LFAs 10, 11E, 11W, 12, 13A and 13B all received start dates. The ...

This would allow patrols to happen outside of commercial fishing seasons when industrial-scale lobster fishing should not be happening. This is not the first time DFO has chartered private vessels ...

HALIFAX - Fishers aboard roughly 1,450 boats in Canada’s largest lobster fishery are expected to set their traps in the early hours of Tuesday off southern Nova Scotia. The annual “dumping day ...

Dow, R.L. - Methods to Reduce Borer Damage to Lobster Traps- Maine Dept. Sea and Shore Fisheries. Technical Bulletin no.3 , 1953, 15p. Ricker, F.W., Spencer, F.R ...