You may notice an extra pop of colour around the wharfs and waterways this spring. Some lobster gear has gotten a colourful makeover, with blues, pinks and yellows giving a different hue to this lobster season. The CBC’s Leila Beaudoin tells the story in pictures.

Wharfs are getting a glow-up from new brightly coloured traps, marker buoys and other gear this season

Leila Beaudoin · PHOTOS

· Posted: Apr 26, 2025 4:30 AM EDT | Last Updated: April 26

(Leila Beaudoin/CBC)You may notice an extra pop of colour around the wharfs and waterways this spring. Some lobster traps, lines, and other gear have gotten a colourful makeover, with blues, pinks and yellows giving a different hue to this lobster season.

The bright colours allow fishermen to see their gear easier, and distinguish it from other traps and buoys floating in the dark Atlantic waves.

The CBC’s Leila Beaudoin captured these photos while on assignment.

(Leila Beaudoin/CBC)Lobster fisherman Keif Way fishes from Sally’s Cove each season with his family. Way says in his 40 plus years in the fishery, the future has never looked so bright.

(Leila Beaudoin/CBC)Bubble gum pink and baby blue contrast sharply with this weathered shed. One of the province’s oldest industries has gotten a splash of colour.

This gear belongs to inshore fisherman Brad House. Like his father before him, he has been fishing all his life.

(Leila Beaudoin/CBC)Lobster setting day means all hands on deck. Helpers pile traps aboard Gary Payne’s inshore boat in Port Saunders, offloading and repacking their boats until all traps are set for the season.

(Leila Beaudoin/CBC)Mackenzie Hynes, 22, helping Fred Snow and crew out of Rocky Harbour.

(Leila Beaudoin/CBC)Bait fish used in the traps can be almost as colouful as the traps themselves.

(Leila Beaudoin/CBC)Of course, it’s not just the fishing gear providing beautiful, colourful scenes this lobster fishing season.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Leila Beaudoin is a freelance journalist based in Newfoundland and Labrador.