ASP calls out alleged 'intimidation' of crab harvesters who want to fish for $2.20 per pound
Jeff Loder of the Association of Seafood Producers is calling on the fisheries union to start the snow crab season despite low prices.
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Jeff Loder of the Association of Seafood Producers is calling on the fisheries union to start the snow crab season despite low prices.
The newest player in the Newfoundland and Labrador aquaculture industry plans to harvest its first market-sized fish from Placentia Bay this fall, but Grieg's surprising plan for processing that salmon is raising eyebrows.
The trade association that represents Newfoundland and Labrador's seafood processors says each day fishermen keep their boats tied up in the hopes of getting a better crab price is only making an already dire season worse.
On Tuesday morning, crab fishermen in St. John's were checking their equipment, touching up paint, loading in supplies — everything except getting out on the water and fishing.
Plant workers worry about impacts on jobs if season is delayed for weeks