Lobster Trap
A Nova Scotia man has been fined $5,000 for illegally using lobster traps. William Barnes pleaded guilty in provincial court in Shelburne today to fishing lobster traps that belonged to someone else. He also admitted to theft. The 68-year-old from Sable River was fined another $750 for the theft charge. Barnes was charged January […]
23 Lb Lobster
While the going rate for large lobsters is about $11 a pound at Hometown Seafoods, the store had a bargain on April 11 — a BIG bargain. The popular seafood store on Chestnut Street had its biggest catch ever when a 23-pound lobster was reeled in with its regular order of haddock and […]
Crusher Crab
In a museum display case he recognized a 67- to 69-million-year-old fossil from the Late Cretaceous period of a big crab with an oversize right claw. Such crabs with claws of different sizes were not known to exist until the early Cenozoic era, about 20 million years later. Aside from being larger than most […]
Damage Done to Lobster Fishing Equipment
Vandals caused about $5,000 damage to two lobster fishing boats and 150 lobster pots at the Small Boat Basin in Argentina. The Placentia-Whitbourne RCMP say the crime happened late Thursday night or early Friday morning. As part of the investigation, police are reviewing surveillance tapes as most of the area […]
Shrimp
A Fall River woman was arrested for allegedly stealing about $300 worth of shrimp from two stores at about 2 p.m. Kathryn Donovan of Fall River was charged with two counts of shoplifting and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle after taking shrimp from the Stop & Shop and Wal-Mart Supercenter. According to police, Donovan […]
Frozen Snow Crab
A load of frozen snow crab heisted late last year when the truck driver disappeared en route to the Northeast was recovered last week, says Duane Hilghman, president and CEO of Service Transport, the Hurlock, Md., transportation broker that hired the driver. Of the 550 cases of snow crab valued at $60,000, 520 […]
Commcercial Lobster Fishing Licence
On February 12, 2008 in Corner Brook Provincial Court, Mr. Wilfred Strickland of Frenchman’s Cove was fined $1,000 for possession of egg bearing female lobster. He was also fined $500 for fishing lobster without a licence and $500 for possession of cod caught in contravention of the Fisheries Act. Mr. Strickland’s dory […]
Empty Tanner Crab Shells
The bodies of dozens of pale brown Tanner crabs were strewn over the blue-mussel-lined beach at the North Douglas Boat Launch last week. "It’s like something straight out of a horror movie," said Debrah Clements, a North Douglas resident who saw them there. But these aren’t corpses from some mass death. […]
Seafood is a great source of Omega 3 Fatty Acid
No…not that kind of green lobster