Newfoundland Shrimp Harvesters, Plant Workers Worried About Northern Shrimp Stocks
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Northern Pen] by Stephen Roberts - February 28, 2018
GREAT NORTHERN PENINSULA, NL. – It’s another year of uncertainty for harvesters and plant workers in shrimp fishing area 6.
On Feb. 16, DFO released findings that northern shrimp stocks in area 6 had declined another 16 per cent from last year.
The stock remains in the “critical” zone.
This information came following a year when inshore harvesters saw a 63 per cent quota cut.
If the stock decrease is a sign that more quota cuts are coming, it’s looking like ...
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