The Fish, Food and Allied Workers union is angry over redfish allocations for inshore harvesters in Newfoundland and Labrador, saying the federal government is prioritizing corporations over fishermen struggling to survive.
Tensions are rising between Canada and France over fishing quotas for halibut, a valuable groundfish that migrates across the jurisdictions of both countries.Fisheries and Oceans told CBC News in a statement Friday it is aware of vessels from Saint Pierre and Miquelon as well as the Faroe Islands taking part in recent fishing activity for Atlantic halibut adjacent to Canadian fisheries waters."We are deeply concerned about the impacts of this activity on the sustainability of this important fish
Fish, Food & Allied Workers union spokesperson Jason Spingle says the upcoming season will be a tough one, as the deaths of Trevor Childs and his nephew, Nicolas Skinner, cast a long shadow. Spingle tells the CBC’s Carolyn Stokes the community will rally around both men’s loved ones to help ease the devastating burden.
Canada is opening a personal-use bait fishery for mackerel this spring while extending the moratorium on commercial mackerel fishing in Atlantic Canada and Quebec in 2024.
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Longliners across Newfoundland and Labrador are tied up once again, as a new protest by the province's fish harvesters threatens to derail the crab fishery for a second straight year.
John Efford led the charge this month as an unelected, unofficial spokesperson for fish harvesters. What's next for the son of a former fisheries minister, and what does this moment mean for the FFAW?