Catches are down and prices are up from the start of the fall lobster fishery.
Six weeks into the season in LFA 33 and 34 in southwestern Nova Scotia, the shore price is around $10 to $10.50 a pound.
Tommy Amirault from the Coldwater Lobster Association says it was a spotty start.
“It would have been nice to see a higher price at the beginning of the season when we were catching a bit more, but it was spotty in some areas, other areas catches were better,” said Amirault.
He says fishers continue to face challenges like bad weather and high prices for bait, fuel and supplies, along with Chinese tariffs.
“The cost of all of those things are not going down. We’re just small businesses trying to adapt to that, and with tariffs it knocks the price back a little bit and makes things harder.”
Amirault calls the lobster fishery crucial to the region for economic sustainability.
He says it needs to be healthy, sustainable and vibrant for everyone.
