MP Gerald Keddy has announced a fund of $2.3 million to make the Canadian lobster industry healthy and successful. He added that the thriving lobster industry is important to the Atlantic Canadian Economy. He also informed that the innovative research supported by ACOA’s AIF programme is important for the long-term success of this billion dollar industry.
Keddy said that research would increase trade, investment and productivity and would attract highly skilled working professionals in Nova Scotia. It is said that the Atlantic Lobster Moult and Quality Project, being led by the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at the University of Prince Edward Island, is all gear up to explore different ways to improve the quality of lobsters landed, particularly in Nova Scotia and the Northumberland Strait.
According to researcher they are working on a non-evasive way to determine the lobster’s cycle. Jerry Amirault, Chief Operating Officer, AVC Lobster Science Centre, said that the centre is excited for AIF funding this project that would brings in terms of advancing scientific knowledge related to lobster health and life cycles. He added that this would help in promoting the health and sustainability of the lobster industry in Atlantic Canada.
He also informed that the project is divided into five major activities that include field monitoring to collect biological data, developing perfect methods to assess reproductive status and reproductive cycles’ development of a biochemistry profile.
