**** Via DFOA
On October 18, fishery officers in Margaretsville, Nova Scotia, arrested one individual and seized 57 crates of lobster at a storage facility.
The individual was arrested for making a false or misleading statement to a fishery officer.
Upon inspection of the crates, fishery officers determined that some of the lobsters came from Lobster Fishing Area (LFA) 29 in Cape Breton, where there is no commercial lobster fishery currently open.
The crates held 3,311 live and 495 dead lobsters. The live lobsters were transported back to LFA 29 where they were returned to the ocean.
An investigation into this matter is underway, as such no further information will be provided.
