Lobster fishermen are setting traps in open waters stretching from Halifax to Digby County in the first day of the regional season.
Ian Marshall DFO Director for South Western Nova Scotia says some were not so lucky , despite favourable weather conditions.
"A vessel struck a rock and is basically inoperable at this moment and as well there were... three incidents in LFA 34 .So overall unfortunate for the four individuals, but overall not too bad when you consider roughly seventeen hundred vessels sailed...this morning," says Marshall.
Marshall says the four men were not injured in the accident and were able to safely beach their damaged vessel in a nearby port.