Canadian Shrimp Coalition Calls for Fisheries Minister to Set 2022 Gulf Shrimp Quotas
A group that represents Indigenous shrimp harvesters and harvesters in Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec and New Brunswick are urging Canada’s Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Joyce Murray to set a total allowable catch (TAC) for the 2022 gulf shrimp fishery.
The coalition calling for the TAC represents approximately 100 shrimp enterprises employing over 500 harvesters and thousands of plant workers in Atlantic Canada. The group wants a stop to interim quotas and a delayed decision on the quota, describing it as a “financial threat...
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