Representatives of the New Brunswick Snow Crab Industry Generally Pleased with Changes
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [CBC News] by Kate Letterick - January 25, 2018
Representatives of the New Brunswick snow crab industry say they're pleased with new measures for their industry announced by the federal Fisheries and Oceans minister. Dominic LeBlanc introduced changes to the fishery for the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence in Moncton Tuesday.
They're aimed at helping protect North Atlantic right whales.
The new measures include reducing the amount of rope floating on the water and using colour coded rope specific to each fishing area. Identifying buoys must be marked with ...
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