Lobster fishers raise alarm about low Canadian prices, some giving up on season [Video]

Lobster fishers around Atlantic Canada are speaking out about this year’s prices, with some saying it’s unfairly low this season.

Prices haven’t officially been announced yet, but some fishers are saying they’ve heard it could be “dollars” lower than 2024’s figures.

“I would say the prices have never been lower than this, when you recognize the extreme upswing in costs to harvest lobster,” said Colin Sproul with the Bay of Fundy Inshore Fishermen’s Association.

“I hear reports of our membership in southwest Nova Scotia giving up on the season and landing their traps, because they can’t fish at the prices that are being offered to them.”

The Maritime Fishers Union’s president says that rumoured buyers’ prices hover around $6 to $6.50 a pound, which he says is unreasonable and an insult to fishers.

The union’s executive treasurer, Bruce Wilson, says it feels like fishers are being taken advantage of.

“They …