The new Canadian lobster season will start on April 22, with an estimated production of 35,000 tons

The Cumberland Strait between Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island is the location of LFA 26A, the first production area to open. The rest of LFA 26 and LFA 24 in northern Prince Edward Island will open on April 25 and 26, respectively, and LFA 23 in northern New Brunswick will open on April 30. Currently, only LFA 25 has not yet been determined. The spring lobster fishing season will end in the first week of June in most areas, and the latest LFA 26B will end on July 2. In 2023, LFAs The cumulative production of Areas 23-26 is 36,027 tons, accounting for about one-third of the total production of Atlantic Canada (95,253 tons). Starting this year, all fishing vessels will use electronic logbooks to replace paper logbooks, and provide real-time data to DFO through applications every time they go out to sea. DFO also said that it will implement a monitoring plan at the dock starting this year to track the landing of all lobsters. In 2025, 49 new ...