Spring lobster season setting day will be Friday in 2 LFAs off P.E.I.

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The 2025 outpouring lobster sportfishing play is acceptable to statesman connected Friday, with areas disconnected Prince Edward Island's North Shore and southeastern seashore opening connected the aforesaid day.

P.E.I.'s lobster fishers volition beryllium capable to haul their traps until June 25

Thinh Nguyen · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 23, 2025 4:57 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

Lobster traps stacked precocious astatine Beach Point Wharf.

The play is scheduled to unfastened for mounting retired traps connected April 25 astatine 6 a.m. in Lobster Fishing Area 26A1 on Prince Edward Island's southeastern coast, stretching from Souris to Victoria-by-the-Sea.

This representation shows the locations of Lobster Fishing Area 24, covering the North Shore of Prince Edward Island, and Lobster Fishing Area 26-A1, stretching from Souris successful the northeast to Victoria successful south-central P.E.I. Lobster Fishing Areas 26-A2 and 26-A3 instrumentality successful parts of bluish Nova Scotia.

Setting time for the North Shore fishery — successful Lobster Fishing Area 24, which reaches from astir Tignish to East Point — is besides scheduled for an April 25 opening astatine 6 a.m.

The past time of sportfishing volition beryllium June 25.

In a Facebook station connected Wednesday, the P.E.I. Fishermen's Association showed a announcement from Fisheries and Oceans Canada, commonly called DFO.

A announcement from Fisheries and Oceans Canada goes implicit the opening of lobster sportfishing country 24 on the northbound enactment of P.E.I. connected Friday, April 25. They besides urged fishers to instrumentality other attraction portion navigating connected opening day.

"A 2nd DFO league telephone was held this greeting with Environment Canada and Climate Change arsenic good arsenic sportfishing manufacture reps to corroborate the forecast for Friday successful this country and the opening," an earlier announcement from the fishermen's radical said successful part.

"We'd similar to privation our captains and unit ... a harmless mounting time and a prosperous sportfishing play for all."

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