Lobster Industry Denies Quotas Needed
January 14, 2013 | 1 min to read
YARMOUTH — The lobster industry in southwestern Nova Scotia has taken exception to comments attributed to a former federal fisheries minister that it might now be time talk about imposing quotas on lobster fishermen.
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That would be disastrous, said Mark Surette of the Nova Scotia Fish Packers Association.
He said some fishermen could likely fill a quota in a few days while others might fish for an entire season and not come close to filling a quota.
Lobster stocks are now as strong as they have ever been with big catches in most areas each year.
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