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

Published 2025년 3월 21일

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The article outlines the upcoming schedule for the opening of lobster fishing areas (LFA 26A, 26, 24, and 23) in northern Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, with LFA 25 still undecided. The spring lobster fishing season is set to end in early June, with some areas closing as late as July 2. In 2023, the cumulative production of these areas contributes significantly to the total production in Atlantic Canada, reaching 36,027 tons. Starting this year, fishing vessels will use electronic logbooks and a new monitoring plan at the dock will be implemented to track lobster landings. By 2025, Quebec's lobster fishing industry is expected to see an increase with the addition of 49 new licenses, attributed to changing water temperatures driving more lobsters towards the St. Lawrence estuary.

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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 ...

Source: Foodmate