$16M Newfoundland-Labrador Fund Criticized for Small Number of Harvester Projects
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [CBC] By Jamie Baker - February 26, 2015 -
A $16-million provincial fund that was created to provide funding for all aspects of the fishery has almost exclusively benefitted academic institutions, unions and big players on the processing side of the industry, not the harvesters who work directly on the water.
The Fisheries Technology and New Opportunities Program (FTNOP) was established in 2008.
As of October 2014, a total of 261 different projects had been approved under the fund.
A CBC News analysis has found that almost all of FTNOP’s funding to date has been spent on projects led by institutions like Memorial University/Marine Institute and the Canadian Centre for Fisheries Innovation (CCFI); the Fish Food and Allied Workers (FFAW); and companies like Ocean Choice International (OCI), Quinlan Brothers, and the Barry Group.
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