In a presentation to the council, the Nova Scotia Fish Packers Association cited several areas of concern, including problems at the American border, where inspections of U.S.-bound lobster shipments had been found to contain short lobsters and V-notched lobsters, and cases in which lobsters from Canada had died before reaching the border or their final destination beyond that.
The association cited as well what it viewed as a lack of an organized effort on Canada’s part to promote its lobster product in response, for example, to animal rights groups zeroing in on the lobster fishery and handling practices.
The reputation of Canadian lobsters was taking a hit and the industry was too important for this to be allowed to happen, the FRCC was told.
Some other September headlines:
The New York Islanders returned to Yarmouth, the NHL franchise bringing its training camp to southwestern Nova Scotia for the second straight year.
The Town of Yarmouth was looking at banning dogs from Main Street in the downtown core.
A fixture in Sluice Point for the better part of a century, the village’s corner store was no more, having closed for good at the end of August.
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Problems facing the lobster industry were discussed during a meeting in Yarmouth of the Fisheries Resource Conservation Council.
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