Newfoundland's inshore shrimp cuts blamed for lack of work at Notre Dame Seafoods
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [VOCM] August 20, 2014
The impact of drastic cuts to the inshore northern shrimp quota are being felt this summer. Twillingate Mayor Gordon Noseworthy says the third shift at the Notre Dame Seafoods plant in Twillingate didn't get any work, and he's not sure what that will mean in the long term.
He says the second shift still hasn't earned enough hours to qualify for Employment Insurance, and the third shift hasn't had any work at all...
Fishermen's Union President Earle McCurdy says there's no doubt the shrimp fishery needs to be better managed, and they'll continue to fight for a greater share of the quota...
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