N.B. Company Raises Trump's Ire Over Fishing; 'Pillaging' Waters
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U.S. President Donald Trump has posted a video to social media that takes direct aim at New Brunswick-based Cooke Inc., suggesting it's "pillaging" fish from U.S. waters.
The video dredges up a fight over the fishing of Atlantic menhaden, a small baitfish, in Chesapeake Bay along the coastline of six East Coast states.
The concerns aren't new. Earlier this year, a U.S. court dismissed a long-standing lawsuit against Cooke over foreign ownership allegations.
And again the company is rejecting claims.
But the new video raises questions of whether the...
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