DFO Makes Sizable Lobster Busts in Southwest Nova Scotia, Netting Plants and Buyers
After a decade of being accused of under-enforcement, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has racked up a string of lobster and vessel seizures over the past two months in southwest Nova Scotia.
Among those busted for allegedly holding lobsters caught without a valid DFO-issued licence is a fish plant associated with one of the larger buyers in the area.
“Fisheries officers have done more in the last five weeks than they’ve been allowed to do in the last five years,” said Dan Fleck...
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