East Coast lobster booming:Fancy pickups, a boat shortage and a ‘Beyonce bounce’
HALIFAX — At the auto dealerships in southwestern Nova Scotia, it’s not unusual for a fisherman to mark the purchase of a new truck by presenting the successful salesman with a fresh lobster.
Claude Bourgeois, sales manager at Tusket Ford, has been eating a lot of lobster lately.
“It’s hard to stay slim,” jokes Bourgeois, who says sales in August were the highest they’ve been in six years — thanks to the booming lobster industry.
“We are definitely selling more trucks. It doesn’t matter if it’s us or Dodge or Chev. They all seem to be doing pretty well right now … There doesn’t seem to be as much price negotiations. The (fishermen) are buying high-end.”