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October 10, 2019 - 14:19 — Timothy Gillespie

Opinion: Tide is turning for feedlot fish farmers. Finally.

PUBLISHED ORIGINALLY IN HALIFAX CHRONICLE HERALD - After the better part of 20 years in Atlantic Canada, feedlot fish farmers are on the run. They can see the noose tightening, as a friend likes to say. I might have expressed it a bit more delicately, but the point is exceptionally well made.

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February 5, 2019 - 07:40 — Timothy Gillespie

U.S.-China trade war stimulates Canadian lobster market


WITH CONTENT FROM PORTLAND PRESS-HERALD:
Lunar New Year is supposed to be the busiest time of the year for Maine Coast lobster dealers, used to selling millions of pounds of lobster to China.
 
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December 12, 2018 - 07:20 — Timothy Gillespie

Lobster fleet threatened by international affairs, US dollar, water temperatures


PHOTO: CHRONICLE HERALD

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July 9, 2018 - 11:14 — Timothy Gillespie

Trump's trade war with China could be short term boost for Canadian lobster

 
USA & China top two markets for Canadian lobster exports
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June 29, 2018 - 08:21 — Timothy Gillespie

Chinese lobster firm abandons plans for Shelburne facility

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November 29, 2017 - 07:50 — Timothy Gillespie

European trade deal gives Nova Scotia lobster big overseas advantage


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January 5, 2017 - 11:47 — Timothy Gillespie

First Catch is big catch for Canada and Nova Scotia

Plans in place to employ local workers in Shelburne plant
 
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September 25, 2016 - 11:06 — Timothy Gillespie

Warming waters study could spell trouble for lobster fishery

  

More research needed, says lobster assoc chief
Research could be jumping off point

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August 14, 2016 - 07:08 — Timothy Gillespie

EU set to ban live lobsters from Canada, USA?

Billion-dollar business threatened
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March 14, 2016 - 10:33 — Timothy Gillespie

250%-500% more lobsters dying, buyers "losing their shirts"

Fishermen catching lobsters, bigger than ever, in crazy, crazy numbers
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February 18, 2016 - 07:28 — Timothy Gillespie

Maine lobster catches headed for a fall?


Reasons for record catches not understood

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June 2, 2016 - 08:05 — Timothy Gillespie

Climate change affecting lobster catches in Nova Scotia & Maine?

Warming waters from climate change off the Atlantic coast are driving lobsters further north than ever before, disrupting fisheries and - for some - perhaps changing a way of life forever, according to a story in the Observer.
 
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May 8, 2016 - 07:28 — Timothy Gillespie

EU lobster strategy being cooked up by Maine, Canada

Maine lobster suppliers strategize to foil EU ban
Dealers and suppliers meet in Brussels for a seafood expo and to talk with their Canadian and New England peers about Sweden's attempt to ban live lobster imports.
 
 
 
 
Maine lobster suppliers met behind closed doors with dealers from some of Europe’s biggest lobster importing countries in Brussels last week to discuss a pending ban on importing live North American lobsters into Europe.
 
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April 22, 2016 - 15:47 — Timothy Gillespie

McNeil shuns red tape query on lobster handling courses

d’Entremont to Colwell: More info needed on mandatory lobster handling course
Liberals forcing buyers to take government course by 2017 or lose their license
 
ARGYLE, NS – Fisheries and Aquaculture critic Chris d’Entremont is calling on Minister Keith Colwell to answer some key questions about a mandatory lobster handling course the government is implementing.
 
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March 29, 2016 - 07:53 — Timothy Gillespie

EU lobster ban gets major push-back

A proposed European Union ban on live lobster exports from the US and Canada is drawing fire from scientists who don't believe lobster poses an invasive species risk, the CBC.ca reported.
 
The Swedish government, citing a report that American lobsters could carry diseases that affect European lobsters, is seeking to list American and Canadian lobster as a foreign species, which would prohibit U.S. and Canadian exports to the EU's 28 members
 
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