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Dumping Day won’t be Monday in LFA 33/34

By Kevin Northup Nov 23, 2024 | 8:25 AM

Dumping Day is delayed once again.

It’s the day that hundreds of lobster fishing vessels head out to set their traps, marking the start of the commercial lobster fishery.

Port representatives from Lobster Fishing Area 34, which includes Digby around Yarmouth to Shelburne County, and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans held a weather call Saturday morning to look at a potential opening for Monday.

Due to high winds, the decision was a ‘no go’.

Another weather call will be held Sunday morning at 7 to look at a potential opening for Tuesday.

A two-hour flexibility in start time will also be discussed, as long as there is a 12-hour window of winds less than 26 knots.

LFA 34 fishers go at 6 a.m. on Dumping Day.

LFA 33, which includes Shelburne County to Halifax also had a weather call.

They voted a ‘no-go’ for Monday, with another call scheduled for Sunday morning at 7:30 a.m.