ABOUT LOBSTER

Harvesting lobster along the rugged Atlantic Coast is steeped in tradition. Prized for its hard shelled and full meat qualities, Nova Scotia lobster is harvested from the cold, clean, pristine waters along the coast of the province, by thousands of independent harvesters, and shipped all over the world.

NOVA SCOTIA LOBSTER. PURE.

Nova Scotia’s lobster fishery is carefully managed to bring the highest quality lobster to market. Nova Scotia lobster is graded and shipped live around the world. The rest is processed into high quality fresh and frozen products, also sold internationally. Nova Scotia lobster processing facilities are registered to meet international quality assurance standards, ensuring you receive a healthy, safe, and high-quality product. The short time between harvesting and processing ensures that the lobster tastes as fresh as the day it was caught.

WILD AND SUSTAINABLE

Both inshore and offshore lobster fishing areas in Nova Scotia are Marine Stewardship Council certified (MSC), the world’s leading certification and eco-labelling programs for wild sustainable seafood.

PRODUCT TYPES

Lobster comes packaged in a wide selection of products and sizes, frozen and processed for consistent quality, including:

• Live lobster

• Raw lobster tails, frozen

• Whole cooked in brine, frozen

• Whole cooked, frozen

• Blanched whole, frozen

• Meat, frozen

• High pressure processing

• Other specialty products

LOOKING FOR A LIVE LOBSTER SUPPLIER?

Nova Scotia Seafood Quality Program (NSSQP) for live lobster is managed by Université Sainte-Anne and certifies that lobster suppliers, exporters, and harvesters comply with handling and holding best practices, lobster quality, water monitoring and traceability. NSSQP is YOUR indicator of premium quality product.

We recommend these certified Nova Scotia Seafood ambassadors:

North Bay Fisherman’s Cooperative  

NovaCan Live Seafood 

Premium Seafoods Group (Petit de Grat Packers)

Lobsters R Us

ABOUT JONAH CRAB

Jonah crab thrives in the icy cold waters of Atlantic Canada, off the coast of Nova Scotia. Prized for its flaky white crab meat and sweet mild taste, Nova Scotia Jonah crab is harvested from the cold, clean, pristine waters off the coast of the province and shipped all over the world.

NOVA SCOTIA JONAH CRAB. PURE.

Nova Scotia’s Jonah crab fishery is carefully managed to bring the highest quality product to market year round. The province’s Jonah crab processing facilities are registered to meet international quality assurance standards, ensuring you receive a healthy, safe, and high-quality product.

SUSTAINABILITY

Nova Scotia’s wild commercial fishery has one of the world’s most modern regulatory environments to bring you sustainably caught and naturally delicious shellfish.

PRODUCT TYPES

Jonah crab is available in a wide selection of products and sizes, frozen and processed for consistent quality, including:

• Live Jonah crab
• Whole; cooked, frozen
• Sections; cooked, frozen
• Claws, cooked, frozen

ABOUT HERRING

Nova Scotia herring are harvested from the cold, clean, pristine waters along the coast of the province and shipped all over the world. Herring are a small fish, silvery in color with a bluish or greenish back. They have a slender body with a round belly and a forked tail.

NOVA SCOTIA HERRING. PURE.

As diverse as the fishery itself, Nova Scotia exports quality herring to countries around the world, fresh or processed into an abundance of product forms. Nova Scotia’s herring processing facilities are registered to meet international quality assurance standards, ensuring you receive a healthy, safe, and high-quality product.

WILD AND SUSTAINABLE

The Nova Scotia herring fishery is managed through Integrated Fisheries Management Plans, which identify quota allocations, fishing seasons and areas, as well as the tools used to control and monitor fishing activities, licensing, and regulation. The Gulf of St. Lawrence portion of the gill net herring fishery in Nova Scotia is certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) program, the world’s leading certification and eco-labelling programs for wild sustainable seafood.

PRODUCT TYPES

Nova Scotia’s herring comes packaged in a wide selection of products and sizes, fresh, frozen and processed for consistent quality, including:

• Whole, fresh

• Whole, frozen

• Fillets, smoked

• Roe

• Pickled

• Marinated

• Whole, salted