First day Of Fishing Monday, May 7, 2018.
In this specific lobster fishing area, the fish harvesters are allowed 250 traps each in total and fish for about 8 weeks each summer. They place their traps out in lines, 10 per line in this community, while some other places, fish harvesters have 8 per line. Some years catches are better than other years, depending on weather conditions. Cold weather causes the lobsters not to move a lot and storms can wreck havoc. Lobster fishing has been the primary fishery in this area since the 1880s. Years ago, many fish harvesters fished from this cove, now very little. However, those who do fish, fish on the license fished by their fathers and even grandfathers. Beautiful part of Newfoundland culture...
