Crackdown on Controlling Agreements Hits Lobster Industry Practices in Nova Scotia
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [THE CHRONICLE HERALD] AARON BESWICK - September 27, 2017
At 18, Carl D’Entremont figured he’d set out on his own.
He went down to the lobster processor in Pubnico, said he wanted money to buy a boat.
They gave him $11,000 for a Cape Islander, he bought a licence for 25 cents and built some traps.
“I sold my fish to them and they would take 25 per cent off the top,” said D’Entremont, who at 70 is still fishing.
“They’d make sure you had money to live with. If the season was tough they would be very lenient. Now it don’t ...
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