Facing a lower quota, New Brunswick's crab fishers have begun their season. Renald Guignard has been fishing crab for 61 years. In the zone that includes the Acadian Peninsula, the limit was lowered by about 26 per cent to 21,128 tonnes. When the whales start to migrate into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in May, many lucrative snow crab fishing grounds are forced to close. The risk of whale encounters often results in an early end to the season.

Source: CBC News April 03, 2021 21:11 UTC