In 1995, to address declining catches, the Eastport Peninsula lobster fish harvesters formed the Eastport Peninsula Lobster Protection Committee (EPLPC).

The aim of the Committee was to implement an overall lobster conservation strategy for the Eastport Peninsula.  Committee members provided the information and data required for the management of the resource and implemented measures to address conservation and sustainability.

Based on the initial success of the various measures in this initiative, the EPLPC developed an agreement with Fisheries and Oceans Canada in 1997 to limit local fisheries and to close harvesting around two prime lobster habitats - Round Island and Duck Islands - an area of approximately two square kilometers.

The maps to the right are thumbnails.  Just double left-click on them to see a larger version.

Follow this link to view a PowerPoint Presentation about the Eastport Peninsula Lobster Protection initiative.

If you don't have Microsoft PowerPoint on your computer, you can download PowerPoint Viewer 97 (2002 Release) from the Microsoft Site.