FFAW Says Possibility of All NL Snow Crab Quota Being Landed Is “Unlikely”
Snow crab harvesters in Newfoundland and Labrador are now entering their fourth week of being on the water. Fisheries and Oceans Canada has preliminary landings data as of June 10, and based on the information, only 23% of the 54,305 MT has been landed so far. The June 30 closure is quickly approaching, and FFAW-Unifor says that the “possibility of all quota being landed this year is becoming more and more unlikely.” But that’s not the only issue at hand. The union says that...
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