Proposed Eastern Shore Islands MPA – N.S. lobster fishermen tie up boats to protest DFO minister

More than a hundred lobster fishermen from Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore tied up their boats Wednesday to protest an appearance by federal Fisheries Minister Jonathan Wilkinson at a local legion. The protest was over Eastern Shore Islands, a 2,000-square-kilometre proposed marine protected area (MPA). Wilkinson told an East Ship Harbour legion hall packed with fishermen that the local lobster fishery — which accounts for 97 per cent of the landings inside the proposed MPA — would not be affected if the area is designated. >click to read<15:09

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