Dispute Develops over Low Lobster Shore Prices in New Brunswick
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [CBC NEWS] By Sarah Betts - August 21, 2017
Fishermen have been getting paid, but not as much as they expected, says Maritime Fishermen's Union
Fifty lobster fishermen in New Brunswick tied up their boats and stayed on land to protest what they call unreasonably low prices on their catch outside a processing plant in Saint Anne de Kent Thursday.
Lobster fishermen, processors and union members met Wednesday to discuss the "unsatisfactory" low prices some have been paid for their catches this season.
'It's very troubling': N.B. lobster fishermen discouraged by lower wages, union...
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