Icewater Seafoods Calls for Balance in Newfoundland Cod Allocations, Management
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by John Sackton Sept. 28, 2016
IIn a statement to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans which recently held a hearing in St. John's, Icewater Seafoods called for a more balanced approach to the exploitation of Northern Cod stocks.
Icewater is the 2nd largest holder of enterprise (greater than 100-foot vessel) allocations for Northern Cod and is the company that received the cod allocations that were part of the Newfoundland Operations of High Liner Foods Inc. When that company sold its Newfoundland plants and quota, Icewater and the Province of Newfoundland retained the cod allocations.
Their plant in Arnolds Cove is the only plant in Newfoundland that has consistently processed cod from the various smaller fisheries since the moratorium.
Icewater says that the world's cod fishery has changed dramatically from the early 1990's and that in the past where Newfoundland could successfully produce blocks and salt cod, today the market demands primarily a high quality cod loin...
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