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> caught wild crabs... You may want to check with the DFO (Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans) on that. Licenses are sold for many types of shellfish and you want

by dhughes 13y ago

> caught wild crabs... You may want to check with the DFO (Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans) on that. Licenses are sold for many types of shellfish and you want have fishers with licenses for crab, clam, oysters etc. near the island. http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/species-especes/shelltable-tableaucoquille-eng.htm http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/species-especes/shell... Recently one lobster fisherman (farther off shore) was caught cutting trap lines and the owner of the lines shot him a few times and then ran him over in his boat. Fishing is taken very seriously in this region, it's all some people have done for many generations. Other than that you should be fine.

tynan 13y ago
VERY useful site-- thank you!
- papercrane 13y ago
  Those are Pacific water regulations. This site, http://novascotia.ca/fish/ http://novascotia.ca/fish/ is what you'd want. Just in general in Nova Scotia you don't need any license for non-commercial fishing in tidal areas (still need to observe bag limits though.) You do need a license for any fishing in fresh waters. If you're hand picking crabs you're fine. Just don't set any traps or snares, but you might want to check to see if they are safe to eat. Sometimes the close areas for shellfish harvesting due to food safety concerns. The murder that dhughes is referencing had more to do with it then them just catching someone cutting their lines, there was a long history between the victim and the boat crew.
  - dhughes 13y ago
    Whoops! Didn't see that, good catch ;)