Snow Crab Fishermen Struggle as Season Begins Under Strict New Regulations
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [CBC NEWS] by Gabrielle Fahmy · May 8, 2018
Measures to protect endangered whales after deadly year include making some fishing grounds off limits
Snow crab fishing began last week in northern New Brunswick, the first season under strict new regulations by Ottawa to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale.
Eighteen whales died in Canadian and American waters last year, and at least three of those deaths were a result of entanglement in fishing gear.
The most drastic of the new measures has been the closing of a zone off the province's northeastern coast to fishing, a location where 90 per cent of the whales had migrated to last summer.
That area is also an area rich in snow crab.
As many boats came back from their first trip out to sea, some fishermen couldn't help but feel anxious about...
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