Nova Scotia's Fisheries Minister proposes lobster marketing levy be raised to five-cents per pound
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Herald News] by Michael Gorman - July 25, 2014
Nova Scotia is planning to double its levy landings to help support the lobster industry.
Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Keith Colwell on Thursday said the Liberal government would introduce legislation during the fall sitting of the legislature to collect a levy on every pound of lobster caught in the province. The recommendation is one of 33 produced by the Maritime Lobster Panel, which looked at challenges facing the industry in Atlantic Canada.
But while the panel called for a two-cent levy — one cent from fishermen and one cent from processors — Colwell said his government’s legislation would see five cents collected for each pound of the tasty bottom feeders landed...
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