Decision to Extend Lobster Fishing in PEI Won't Come Until End of Season Say Feds
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Guardian] by Dave Stewart - May 21, 2015
Federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea says a decision has not been made yet on whether the lobster season will be extended.
Shea was in Charlottetown on Tuesday to announce funding to help youth in Prince Edward Island.
Thanks to a long and cold winter, lobster fishermen got a late start to the season with many hoping that the Department of Fisheries and Oceans would take that into consideration and extend the season.
“There hasn’t been a decision,’’ Shea told The Guardian. “We’re going to look at each situation on a case-by-case basis, of course.’’
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