Working groups to get to work
Working groups aimed at finding ways to improve the lobster industry in Atlantic Canada will be sinking their claws into their task starting in January.
Lobster Council of Canada releases initial report on lobster traceability
Halifax, November 1st, 2011 – The Lobster Council of Canada has just released a report on the state of readiness of the lobster industry relative to full traceability. The gap analysis, conducted by Cube Automation, compared the current operations of the industry to international traceability standards. The Council’s acting chair, Léonard LeBlanc, is enthusiastic about [...]
The Taste of Nova Scotia Lobster Award
Taste of Nova Scotia and Food Day Canada are pleased to announce the award for Most Creative Use of Nova Scotia Lobster.
The lobster industry is the largest fishery by landed value in Canada with export market value approaching 1 billion dollars in 2010.
We want to see which restaurants and chefs use our local, sustainable and nutritious (lobster contains healthy amounts of iron, zinc, calcium, and iodine, as well as vitamins A, B, and B6) Nova Scotia lobster in the most creative way.
Menus will be selected from all submitted, then judged by the Food Day Canada Panel of Canadian culinary experts.
On Being Two/Celebrating With Lobster
On our short walk to the ´tank´, I asked where the lobsters came from and was truly shocked to hear ´Canada´. Looking at my widened eyes, he said ´Don´t worry, they didn´t swim, they came by air´.
Photos: Rare blue lobster caught in P.E.I.
Prince Edward Island fisherman Blair Doucette has seen many different colours of lobsters — bright red, orange, yellow-red — in his 35-year career, but none like the rare blue lobster he caught on Wednesday.