Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil is criticizing a new border measure imposed by China that requires Canadian lobster exporters to assume liability for COVID-19 in order to get their product into the country. China is the second largest market for Canadian lobster, with exports of live lobster alone in 2019 valued at $457 million, most of it supplied by inshore fishermen from Nova Scotia. Exports of live lobster to China was the second largest market for Canadian lobster in 2019, valued at $457 million. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)The border issues come as lobster fishing season in Nova Scotia winds down for the summer. Large-scale harvesting will not occur until the fall when seasons reopen in southwestern Nova Scotia and the Bay of Fundy.

Source: CBC News July 03, 2020 09:00 UTC