Keeping Promises: NL Harvesters Hoping Premier Can Help With Snow Crab Settlement
Newfoundland and Labrador's fish harvesters are somewhat buoyed after getting support from the premier, but are still preparing to mobilize if changes aren't made to how the fishery is being managed.
Tension between harvesters and buyers is an age-old issue, but accusations from FFAW-Unifor that processors have been acting in bad faith reached another boiling point after harvesters were left with an end-of-season snow crab settlement payment that was much less than they had hoped for.
The settlement, which the union estimated should...
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