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Canada crab, lobster catchers get extra year to reduce trap rope breaking strength for whale protection

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans announcement was made in a 'notice to fish harvesters' sent out on Dec. 1

By Jason Huffman | Dec. 1, 2022 15:11 GMT
Lobster and snow crab trap ropes on a dock in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Photograph by Jason Huffman.
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Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) is giving lobster and crab harvesters another year until 2024 to comply with new rules that require the lowering of trap rope breaking strength to better protect endangered North Atlantic right whales [...]

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