Fresh,
Live
Nova Scotia Lobster
"Simon's Pride"
December 1 - May 30
While supplies last
To place orders and arrange a pick up by appointment,
please
call
688-1157
or email:
beach@eastlink.ca
"There's no problem so great it can't be solved!"
Barbara Coloroso
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In-shore lobster fishing and boat building has
been the Bush Family’s way of life and source of income
for multi-generations. Milton Bush and, son, Simon,
fished from the sea around the LaHave Islands as did
Grampy Roy, Great-Grampy Caleb Bush; Great-Great Grampy
Stephen Bush and so-forth. The family were
conservationists since circa 1797 knowing that their son
and grandson's future would depend on how they managed
their fishing territory.
Caleb started his career as an inshore fisherman at the
age of 10 working with his father. They fished from Bush
Island until Caleb married Florence Mosher and settled
in West Dublin where he fished until he was 94. This
gave him a record of 84 years of working on the sea as
an in-shore fisherman. Caleb is known as being the
oldest fisherman to have lived in the province of Nova
Scotia.
Simon's Pride |
Simon Bush
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Caleb fished from an 11 foot boat until 1930 when
his cousin and boat builder, Mikey Bush, built him a
26-foot double ender Cape Island type boat for $60.00.
Caleb skippered that craft with its Acadian “one lunger”
engine until he retired. Mikey also built life boats to
supply our Canadian military during World War II.
Caleb lived to be 106 and credited his longevity to a
balanced life with honest work and abstention from
alcohol and tobacco as well as a diet primarily of fish,
home-grown potatoes, corned beef and cabbage or
sauerkraut and home-baked beans and brown bread. Caleb
never owned or drove a car, nor did he have a TV. He had
his own way of entertaining himself by singing his
favorite hymns or telling “yarns of the good ole days”
to his many visitors. He was very content with the
simple things in life. Caleb died September 21, 1989.
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Caleb had 10 children
and only Roy Bush, his youngest son, took to the sea.
“They know there is more money and less hard work
ashore,” Caleb Bush would say--referring to his other 9
children.
Roy's mother, Florence, died shortly after he was born.
Mikey Bush, and his wife Amy, raised Roy for Caleb. Roy
enjoyed his fishing career with the in-shore lobster
fishery until he died June 29, 2008. Today, Roy's son
Milton, harvests from the same waters as Roy and Caleb
did. Lobster is the only seafood left from the waters of
the LaHave Islands from which to make a living.
Milton still builds his own traps and boats and
maintains them in the prideful family business
tradition. "I love what I do and I can't think of doing
anything else; so I want to keep doing it as long as I
can. If I'm blessed, I too, will be 94 when I stop
lobstering." says Milton Bush.
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Roy
Bush |
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Milton Bush, Lobsterman
Milton Bush
and his family sincerely appreciate the buyers who
continue to support their lobster fishery. Their mission
is to provide a fresh, live sustainably-caught lobster
FOB the Bush Road, West Dublin wharf at a fair-market
price -- The Novaway.
For
your reference and safety here is the Nova Scotia's
Government's Food Safety tips for Nova Scotia Lobster:
http://www.gov.ns.ca/agri/foodsafety/factsht/shellfish.shtml |
To spare the planet from the burden of more plastic, we encourage
customers to bring their own sanitary cooler, pot or
other means of transporting the lobster purchased from
our wharf. To help you understand our decision to
encourage the reduction of plastic bags please view this
video:
The
Dangers of Plastic Bags.
Sincerely,
Captain Milton
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For inquiries:
E-mail: beach@eastlink.ca
or
Phone: (902) 688-1157
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