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MV Miner cleanup on hold while Cape Breton lobster fishery underway

Cape Breton fishermen say they’re relieved the cleanup of the MV Miner is being put on hold while lobster season is underway. Work to remove the ship, which ran aground off Scaterie Island in 2011 while being towed from Montreal to Turkey to be scrapped, is nearly completed. But to prevent any potential interference with the busy lobster harvest, that work has been put on hold. Read the rest here  10:08