Lobster is Canada’s most valuable seafood export, contributing as much as $1 billion in export sales. In many ways, lobster is Canada’s representative to the world and one of the exports most closely associated with the country. Often called the “King of Seafood,” the lobster is the pride of Atlantic Canada. New Brunswick is one of the Atlantic provinces, and Shediac is often called the “Lobster Capital of the World.” Lobsters live on rocky, sandy, or muddy bottoms of the shoreline and are most commonly caught in lobster traps which are surrounded by lobster bouys (pictured above) to let the fishermen know where their traps are. Both lobster traps and bouys are a common site throughout the Atlantic provinces, and particularly in Shediac.