Canadian provinces push for access to developing Unit 1 redfish fishery

Published 2024년 1월 22일

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Multiple provinces in Canada are advocating for access to the developing redfish fishery in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Laurentian Channel areas, as both species of redfish have recovered enough to reopen the fishery after a moratorium since 1995. New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador are preparing for the reopening of the fishery, with the Fish Food and Allied Workers Union calling for a significant portion of the future redfish quota to be landed and processed in Newfoundland and Labrador. However, Nova Scotia is strongly opposing this and has asked the Canadian government to ensure a significant portion of the redfish quota is given to the province to avoid economic hardships and to ensure future investment in the seafood industry.

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Multiple provinces in Canada are pushing to get access to a developing fishery for redfish – which consists of two species of redfish that live in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Laurentian Channel areas – with groups from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland and Labrador all pushing for access to quota. The redfish fishery, made up of deepwater redfish (Sebastes mentella) and Acadian redfish (Sebastes fasciatus) has been under a moratorium since 1995 after the stock collapsed. In recent years, populations of both species have recovered to a great extent, enough so that Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans has already been running an experimental fishery in what it deems the Unit 1 area. New Brunswick Agriculture, Aquaculture, and Fisheries Minister Margaret Johnson said the return presents a “real opportunity” for the province, which has been preparing for the reopening of the fishery. The Fish Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW), which represents thousands of ...

Source: Seafoodsource