The start of the lucrative commercial lobster fishery in Western Nova Scotia takes place Monday.
Weather permitting, boats in LFA 34 will leave the wharves at 6 a.m.
In LFA 33 the start time is 7am.
As always safety is paramount.
Harvey Vardy is superintendent of search and rescue operations for the Canadian Coast Guard.
He says their resources are in place before the vessels depart Monday morning.
“We’ll have our resources on scene prior to the departure of all the fishing vessels. We’ll have a large Coast Guard vessel stationed off Lobster Bay two hours prior to the opening of 34. A second large vessel will also be assigned to primary SAR (search and rescue). That vessel will be stationed off Port Mouton. The CCGS Westport’ will be off cape St. Mary’s.”
And life boat stations at Clark’s Harbour and Sambro will have the cutters on the water as well.
A Cormorant helicopter and crew will be tasked to the Yarmouth International Airport for stand-by.
A Hercules fixed-wing aircraft will also be part of the air resources.
