Lobster Boat
A string of thefts at York Harbor has police officers wondering what sort of criminal is at work. The most recent incident was reported at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 14. The owner of a boat at York Harbor said someone had gone below deck and thrown things around, but didn’t take expensive tools he had […]
Watch the devastation that scallop dredging causes the lobsters
Lobster Boathouse on Fire
Fire claimed a storage/workshop building on the property of lobster fisherman Donald Gavin, and his wife Edith. Edith Gavin said she was relieved nobody was hurt, with three people working inside the structure at the time the fire broke out. Her husband had just arrived in the house for a cup of […]
Watch this Bald Eagle Eat a Live Crab!
Shrimp Trawler
When it comes to shrimp, the concerned consumer can feel as if she is caught between a sea turtle and a mangrove tree: The former is a historic victim of wild shrimp-catching; the latter, of shrimp-farming. But the threat to both of these species is probably on the wane. Wild shrimp are caught by […]
Lobster Man Cutting a V in the tail of a female Lobster
Wayne Miller of Fortune, N.L. was fined $2,500 in Grand Bank provincial curt for possession of v-notched lobster. On May 12, 2007, fishery officers from the Marystown Detachment conducted a dockside inspection and found Miller in possession of five female v-notched lobsters, which is […]
Lobster-diving on police patrol sounded more like a joke than an offense, until the jury verdict came in at $4.1 million. That’s serious money. The award went to three Long Beach officers who sued the city because, they claimed, they were retaliated against after reporting illegal dives by colleagues on boat patrol in the Port […]
20 Lb Lobster next to a 1 lb Lobster
It was a catch a lobster man can boast about a New Brunswick lobster fisherman caught a 20 pound lobster. Right now it’s living at a seafood shop on Prince Edward Island. The claws are so large they have to be secured by electrical tape. It’s believed […]
Cayos Miskitus, Nicaragua – In a joint effort between WWF and Nicaragua’s URACCAN University, fishermen here have tested and approved sustainable lobster traps in efforts to conserve the species. The lobster traps are slightly modified compared with traditional ones, allowing for smaller lobsters to escape capture and mature. Overfishing for undersized lobster, as well as […]
That is one huge lobster
Usually West Pubnico lobster fisherman Jeff d’Entremont and his crew will stick a rubber band around the claws of the lobster they catch. But one lobster he recently pulled aboard his vessel ‘On the Move’ was so big the crew had to improvise with black electrical tape around the crusher claw. […]