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PHOTOS: Hauling up lobster gear in Pinkney's Point, Yarmouth County

Tina Comeau · Multi-media journalist | Posted: May 30, 2018, 6:47 p.m. | Updated: May 30, 2018, 6:48 p.m. | 2 Min Read

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PINKNEY'S POINT, YARMOUTH COUNTY, N.S. – The LFA 34 lobster season in southwestern Nova Scotia is drawing to a close on May 31. 

Lobster crews have been bringing gear ashore in advance of the final day of the season, making for busy times at areas wharves until all gear is landed by the end of the day on May 31.

READ ALSO:  LFA 33 and 34 lobster season in southwestern Nova Scotia coming to a close on May 31

Here's a look at some of the activity at the Pinkney's Point wharf in Yarmouth County on May 30, where fishermen couldn't have asked for better weather for the end of the season. 

It was a far cry to the chilly start of the season here last November. 

It was a chilly start to the the LFA 34 lobster season the morning of Nov. 28, 2017. This was the scene in Pinkney's Point, Yarmouth County NS. TINA COMEAU PHOTO
It was a chilly start to the the LFA 34 lobster season the morning of Nov. 28, 2017. This was the scene in Pinkney's Point, Yarmouth County NS. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

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