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full screen Today the lobster fishing begins along the west coast. Archive image. Photo: Björn Larsson Rosvall/TT
Today begins the year’s lobster fishing. But there is a great risk that thousands of the lobster shells that are put into the water will remain there.
According to the Norwegian Sea and Water Authority, it is about more than 4,000 lobster cages that are lost along the west coast every year.
To prevent lost tines from continuing to catch lobsters, they must have escape holes since last year. However, the authority also advises, for example, to ensure that the cage is properly weighted down, to keep a distance from cages that someone else has put down – and to keep an eye on the weather forecast and pick up the cages in time if the weather is bad.
“Interest in recreational lobster fishing has increased, but we have seen that there is a lack of information on how losses can be avoided,” says Charlotta Stadig, investigator at the authority, in a press release.
This year’s lobster fishing continues for recreational fishermen until November 30 and for professional fishermen until the turn of the year.