Bigger Is Better In The Lobster Market: Analyst

A seafood industry analyst says the Prince Edward Island government and the province's lobster fishermen should side with New Brunswick and increase the minimum size of lobsters.

New Brunswick and P.E.I. fishermen are locked in a dispute over a proposal to increase the minimum size of lobsters that can be caught in the Northumberland Strait.

New Brunswick fishermen are hoping to increase the minimum size of lobster that can be caught in Zone 25, which covers the waters between the two provinces, by five millimetres.

Island fishermen say the size should stay the same and any changes could devastate the province’s industry.

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