Organized crime linked to illegal lobster fishing 'terrorizing the community,' N.S. minister claims

Nova Scotia’s fisheries minister says the federal failure to stop what he calls illegal out-of-season fishing in some of the most lucrative lobster grounds in the country has fuelled organized crime that is 'terrorizing the community' along a stretch of the province’s southwest.

Organized crime linked to illegal lobster fishing 'terrorizing the community,' N.S. minister claims
A lobster is pictured with bands on its claws

Nova Scotia’s fisheries minister says the federal failure to stop what he calls illegal out-of-season fishing in some of the most lucrative lobster grounds in the country has fuelled organized crime that is 'terrorizing the community' along a stretch of the province’s southwest.