Eastern Cape Breton Lobster Season Looking Good Despite Rough Start
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Local Xpress.Ca] By Tom Ayers- July 10, 2017
GLACE BAY — Rough weather delayed the opening of the lobster fishing season off eastern Cape Breton and a nasty spring storm three days later destroyed hundreds of traps up and down the island’s Atlantic coast.
Despite those setbacks and the financial cost of replacing traps that can cost up to $100 or more apiece, fishermen are likely to have a profitable season by the time it ends on July 17 thanks to high landings and fair prices, said Herb Nash, a lobster fisherman out of Glace Bay.
"After the first week and a half and we got straightened away, the season has really been excellent," he told Local Xpress...
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