The Fish Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW) is blaming Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans for a shortened cod season in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
just months after the federal government celebrated the reopening of the Northern cod fishery following a 32-year moratorium.
The DFO and Canadian Minister of Fisheries Diane Lebouthillier announced the reopening of the fishery in June, with a quota of 18,000 metric tons (MT). But that decision received pushback from the fishing union, which protested the inclusion of 1,080 MT of quota for the offshore fleet despite a longstanding agreement that inshore harvesters would receive the first 115,000 MT of a reopened cod fishery.
Now the cod season in Newfoundland is being cut short after just one month as fishermen draw close to catching the quota limit. FFAW is placing the blame on the DFO for the economic consequences of that decision.
“Federal MPs and ministers like Diane Lebouthillier, Gudie Hutchings, and Seamus O’Regan are all responsible for the …
