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Nova Scotia lobster industry gets creative during COVID-19 pandemic

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Lobster was Nova Scotia’s most valuable export in 2019, but this year, export markets have ground to a halt due to COVID-19.

That has left the province’s lobster fisherman finding creative ways to sell their catch — with safety measures in place. “I’ve asked people to call ahead, so I can have their order ready.

That way, I just take it to their vehicle and they open up their trunk and I just set it in their trunk,” said Bryce Hirtle, a fisherman on Nova Scotia’s south shore.

Hirtle isn’t only fisherman trying to find new ways to sell his lobster inventory. Andy Swain of Port La Tour, near Shelburne, N.S., is also striving to find ways to make a profit.

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