Nova Scotia Lobster Landings Smash 200-year -old Records in LFA 33, 34
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by John Sackton May 20, 2015
Senior DFO scientist John Tremblay has released figures for LFA 33 (the area between Halifax and Digby) showing that last season total landings have exceeded 6000 tons, (13.2 million lbs), which he said is the highest total in 200 years of Canadian records.
Although the official report has not been released for LFA 34, (the area around Yarmouth and the Bay of Fundy), total landings are reported to be also a record, over 25,000 tons (55 million lbs).
"Our commercial catch of lobster is the highest we've seen recorded going back to the 1800s...
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