Newfoundland and Labrador Fisheries Minister Darin King delivered a very public dressing-down to Ocean Choice International (OCI), accusing them of resorting to threats and bullying when it comes to fish processing on the Burin Peninsula.
King also flatly turned down OCI’s request for a permanent exemption allowing them to ship the majority of their yellowtail and redfish out of the province unprocessed.
Ocean Choice has shuttered its Marystown fish plant, and wants to move operations to a smaller fish plant in Fortune. Through November and December, the company said it needed permanent exemptions to the province’s minimum processing requirements in order to make the plan happen.
