Nova Scotia Freezes Lobster Buying and Processing Licenses as of Jan 11th
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [CBC] by Paul Withers January 18, 2018
The Nova Scotia government has slapped an indefinite freeze on new entrants into the buying side of the province's seafood industry, including the lucrative lobster fishery.
Under a temporary measure, the provincial government is no longer issuing new seafood buyer and processing licences.
Sources say the freeze went into effect Jan 11.
Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Keith Colwell made the announcement Tuesday at a meeting of dozens of industry players who are being consulted with as part of a departmental review of plant licensing.
"We've put a freeze in place to stop everything until we get a new framework in place and new policy, maybe a new act," Colwell said. "I don't know where it's going to lead us."
Colwell said he is trying to protect the industry during the review....
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