Canada: Past lobster season opener hits and misses in southwestern Nova Scotia

YARMOUTH, N.S. — The majority of time if the scheduled opening day of the lobster season in southwestern Nova Scotia doesn’t go according to plan, it’s because the weather and safety concerns have forced a postponement. The lobster season is always slated to open the last Monday of November. Strong winds are preventing that once again from happening on Monday, Nov. 25 for the start of the 2024-25 season. Tuesday, Nov. 26, has been identified as the more favourable option with industry weather calls happening the morning of Monday, Nov. 25 in LFAs 34 and 33 to confirm the season opening. While weather is always the culprit for a season opening delay, through time there have been other issues that have also had impacts on season starts. Here’s a look back at past season openers. 2023: Lengthy weather delay After five days of staying ashore because of the weather, the LFA 34 commercial lobster season in southwestern Nova Scotia started on Dec. 2 in 2023. Gale warnings had been in ...