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An early start to a late setting day for P.E.I.’s lobster fishermen
The lobster boats are off and heading to a staging area outside the North Rustico harbour on the North Shore of Prince Edward Island Friday morning, waiting for the 6 a.m. start time. According to federal fisheries rules, the boats can’t go until the appointed hour.,,, The wharf and breakwater of North Rustico was crowded with spectators as the boats set out into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. This year was a bit unusual in that setting day was supposed to be April 29, but because of bad weather it was delayed until May 3. Brian McInnis is a Charlottetown-based freelance photographer. >Excellent photo’s, click to read<11:52
North Rustico Harbour fishermen hoping heavy ice will not delay season
With the ice clogged North Rustico Harbour as a backdrop, longtime lobster fisherman, Norman Peters, said area fishers have not given up on the possibility of getting to the lobster grounds by April 30, but it was not looking good. The harbour is coked with thick ice, but Peters said he has been looking at the ice maps and the ice “seems to be moving east so that part is working out good.” He has been in contact with other harbours and some said they still have at least three feet of ice,,, Read the rest here 18:29
