It employs about 30,000 harvesters in the Atlantic provinces and Quebec, where there are about 40 lobster fishing areas. However, the two zones off southwestern Nova Scotia are by far the biggest producers. Together, they accounted for 35 per cent of the $1.4-billion worth of Canadian lobster harvested last year. Last year, Canada exported 21-million kilograms of live lobster to the United States, and about 10-million kilograms to China. No one was seriously injured, but a 120-tonne shipment of live lobster had to find another flight to Asia.

Source: National Post November 29, 2018 16:40 UTC