August 23, 2006 Richibucto Harbour, New Brunswick & Northumberland Strait What’s purply-brown, armored like a tank, can be right- or left-clawed, and goes by the nickname of “bug” out here on the east coast? We found out one week ago, when we were handed an opportunity that was too good to pass up: spending a day on a New Brunswick lobsterboat and seeing what the life of a lobsterman is really like. It ended with a dinner featuring those tasty “bugs.” The offer came through a new friend we met on a whale-watching cruise in Nova Scotia a few days before. Rob and his girlfriend Josee were on vacation from the Moncton, N.B., area, and when they found out how interested we were in all things related to the sea, Rob said he could set us
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