Canada’s largest lobster fisheries seeing boat price on par with 2023 two weeks into season

Published 2024년 12월 10일

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The article reports on the ongoing lobster fishing in areas 33 and 34 off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, which has been open for two weeks. The prices for high-quality lobsters are in line with 2023 levels. The 2023/2024 season saw nearly 23,000 metric tons of lobster caught. The initial price for the 2023 season was CAD 10 per pound, and after two weeks, the price has remained around CAD 11.50 for higher-quality lobster and CAD 10 for processing-grade lobster. Stewart Lamont, Managing Director of the Tangier Lobster Company, has noted that there is no lobster scarcity at present and that the catch so far is roughly equivalent to the previous year.

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Canada lobster-fishing areas (LFAs) 33 and 34 in the province of Nova Scotia have been open for two weeks, and high-quality lobsters are reportedly fetching prices roughly in line with 2023.Fishermen in both 33 and 34 set their gear during “dumping day” on 26 November – the same date as in 2023. Over the course of the 2023 to 2024 season, fishermen caught nearly 23,000 metric tons (MT) of lobster in the two areas.The 2023 season started off with a price of CAD 10 (USD 7.04, EUR 6.70) per pound, and Tangier Lobster Company Managing Director Stewart Lamont told SeafoodSource that the shore price so far this year has been similar.Lamont said the shore price so far has held at CAD 11.50 (USD 8.10, EUR 7.71) per pound for higher-quality lobster and CAD 10 for processing-grade lobster in the first two weeks of the fishery. ...

Source: Seafoodsource