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Love our Lobster!
Love our Lobster
More than 1200 Island fishers are involved in the lobster fishery, landing 27 million pounds with an approximate economic value of $250 million.

Love our Lobster is an annual marketing campaign taking place throughout the month of May to promote the freshness, quality and value of locally harvested, world famous Prince Edward Island lobsters to Island consumers.

2013 Spring lobster season underway
Setting Day PEI
Island lobster fishers catch approximately twenty per cent of all Canadian lobster landings annually.

The Province of Prince Edward Island is extending best wishes to all Islanders working in the fishery as the 2013 Spring lobster season begins.

Province invests in Shellfish Enhancement Program
Shellfish Enhancement Program
Preliminary numbers indicate more than 7 million pounds of oysters were harvested in 2012, with an economic value of $14 million to the rural economy.

The provincial government is investing $100,000 in a shellfish enhancement program to accelerate growth of the oyster fishery which employs more than 1,500 Islanders.

Supporting first responders
Island Community Fund
(L-R) New Glasgow Fire Chief Robert Gallant; Speaker Carolyn Bertram; New Glasgow Rural Fire Company President Mark MacKinnon; Fisheries, Aquaculture and Rural Development Minister Ron MacKinley; New Glasgow Rural Fire Company Building Chair Jason Peters.

A new expansion to the new Glasgow Rural Community Fire Company will improve emergency services response to residents in 26 surrounding communities. The Province of Prince Edward Island is supporting the project with a $75,000 investment from the Island Community Fund.

Report confirms economic value of canner lobster industry
The canner lobster market creates an annual GDP of $78.7 million and generates $20 million annually in tax revenues.

A report commissioned by Prince Edward Island’s seafood industry with the support of the provincial government and the Prince Edward Island Atlantic Shrimp Corporation confirms the economic importance of canner lobster to the economy and advises against further increases to carapace size.

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