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: lobstertales@eastlink.ca
June
- October contact us at 688-1157 to arrange a
chartered boat tour around the LaHave Islands or
up the LaHave River.
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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, harvest
lobster from the sea around the LaHave Islands as did
Grampy Roy, Great-Grampy Caleb; Great-Great Grampy
Stephen Bush and so-forth.
Knowing that their son and grandson's future would
depend on how they managed their fishing territory, they
did what was within their ability to preserve the
in-shore fishery for the next generation. Sadly
influences outside of the family fishery have diminished
the inshore fish stocks of salmon, pollock, haddock,
mackeral, cod and halibut which were once abundant in
the LaHave area and kept the family fishing and
sustainable year-round. Bush
Island, one of the LaHave is named after the family.
Caleb started his career as an inshore fisherman at the
age of 10 working with his father, Stephen. They fished
from Bush Island until Caleb married Florence Mosher and
settled in West Dublin where he fished until he was 94.
This gave Caleb 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. He lived
sustainably and 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. |
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:
lobstertales@eastlink.ca
or
Phone: (902) 688-1157
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pickups only.
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