CLA, in partnership with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), deployed several TR-Porpoise hydrophones in 2019 throughout LFA 34 to detect the presence of baleen whales, including North Atlantic Right Whales by recording their calls with hydrophones, and analyzing those recordings. This project showed great promise for the detection of North Atlantic Right Whales and [...]
Supplying consistently high-quality lobster to our markets is of paramount importance and has been identified as a challenge in LFA 34, particularly during peak landing periods at the beginning of the season. Findings from the 2013 Maritime Lobster Panel indicated that the entire lobster industry would benefit greatly if a catch grading separation process (based [...]
To better understand lobster movement and growth, Coldwater Lobster Association conducted a small tagging program in 2017. A yellow, streamer tag was inserted in both sub-legal and legal-size male and female lobsters and released in four (4) areas throughout LFA’s 33 & 34. It has been nearly 25-30 years since any sort of lobster [...]
During the Fall of 2018, Coldwater Lobster Association (CLA) conducted two pilot studies on the effectiveness and practicality of ‘rope-less’ fishing gear technology for the commercial lobster industry within LFA 34. CLA partnered with Desert Star Systems LLC, a US-based oceans technology company, and Ashored Innovations, a Canadian-based ocean technology company, to test and [...]
In 2017, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) announced that at-sea data collection to monitor bycatch was being implemented for LFAs 33, 34 and 35 in 2018. In response to DFO’s announcement, Coldwater Lobster Association (CLA), along with four other fishermen’s associations, collaborated to develop an industry-led bycatch monitoring program that was tailored to the [...]
The ALMQ is the continuation of a long-standing research initiative that has been a collaboration between Coldwater Lobster Association, lobster buyers, and scientific researchers with the Université Sainte-Anne. While the lobster industry in Nova Scotia faces many challenges, the quality of the lobsters during the start of the lobster fishing season in Southwest Nova Scotia [...]
