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.
“It’s all anecdotal; we don’t really have real-time data, but there’s no scarcity of lobster at this moment,” Lamont said. “The catch overall is comparable to last year according to anecdotal information that I have.”
The first week of the fishery saw good weather, he said, but the ...
