A fleet seeking lobsters is one of Canada's oldest traditions. We see five fishing boats--some with masts reaching into the sky--heading toward the sunrise on dark blue waters. It is early morning and the boats are of even darker hue than the sea.

A fleet seeking lobsters is one of Canada's oldest traditions.
Photo Credit: CP Photo / Andrew Vaughan

The catch is in on Prince Edward Island

Canada’s tiniest province, Prince Edward Island, has long served as an idyllic summer vacation setting, a place where peaceful joy prevails and fond memories are born.

Located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence off Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, life on the Island has gone on–pretty much unchanged–for a very long time.

Fishers and farmers work the sea and the fields–sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse, depending on the whims of Mother Nature.

This spring, it was touch and go.

Bad weather set back the start of the fishing season until early May, raising fears of a less than plentiful harvest.

But Saturday was landing day for Island lobster fishermen, who emptied their traps for the last time.

The news was mostly good for the 145,000 souls who live on the Island’s 5,560 square kilometres.

Total catches were up on P.E.I.’s north side (though down some in other areas), and so were prices.

At the start of the season, they were around $4.25 and $4.75 a pound. They finished at $4.50 and $5.40 for canner and market price.

Wondering about that sound flowing across the Maritimes? Likely, a collective sigh from both Islanders and other Canadians who love the place and the wonderful food it produces.

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