IUU Lobster Fishing and Dumping Must be Stopped Immediately in Canada (Editorial)
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Editorial Opinion] by John Sackton Sept. 19, 2017
Lobster dumping has to stop. Yesterday we published images of piles of dead lobster in the woods near Digby, Nova Scotia. The lobsters that were dumped appear to include both female lobsters with notched tails, and undersized lobsters. The fishing of these lobsters in Nova Scotia is strictly illegal.
The protection of egg bearing female lobsters has been the law in Canada since the 1870’s.
This dumping escalates a dispute over native fishing rights involving several Mi’kmaq bands and non-native commercial fishers in Nova Scotia. Although there is no proven link between the out of season fishing of the Mi’kmaq and the lobster dumping...
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