DFO Cracks Down on Peaceful Crab Protest in Port Au Choix
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Northern Pen] by Kyle Greenham - October 17,2017
PORT AU CHOIX, NL – Harvesters who took part in a protest in Port au Choix last May have now been told they will be charged with obstruction of justice and placing crab pots in a wrong zone.
Fisherman Dean Offrey was called in for a meeting Wednesday, Oct. 11, and was informed he and the other harvesters involved in the protest would be facing these two charges.
“It was a peaceful demonstration,” Offrey said. “We just wanted to show that we should have the right to fish in this zone, and now they’re looking to charge us.”
In early May, nine crab harvesters took ...
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