Frustrated NL Fish Harvesters Protest Ahead of Opening of Snow Crab Season
Over the weekend more than 200 fish harvesters from Newfoundland and Labrador protested outside of the FFAW-Unifor building in St. John’s. The demonstration over pricing and safety concerns related to the coronavirus occurred just a few days before the start of the snow crab season.
The Newfoundland and Labrador snow crab season has been delayed a number of times already. But last week the DFO announced that the season would begin on May 11. The decision to move forward with the fishery came shortly after the...
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