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NOFTA membership wants changes in fisheries management so their communities can survive
The North of Fifty-Thirty Association (NOFTA) is working to identify issues and solutions for the fishery on the Great Northern Peninsula. Over the past couple of years, enterprises in the region have been hit by shrimp quota cuts, seen capelin seemingly disappear and, most recently, received word of a drop in northern cod stocks. Feeling the pressure, NOFTA’s members want to see some management changes so their communities can survive. >click to read<11:56
Reverse shrimp quota cuts from last year: Paul Davis
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Paul Davis says keeping the status quo for shrimp quotas is not enough. A new shrimp plan that is being proposed would eliminate quota reductions for one year. Those cuts saw inshore harvesters lose almost 30 per cent of their quota, compared to only five per cent for the big offshore fleets. Read the rest here 11:36
FFAW says Shrimp Quota Cuts Having Noticeable Impact on Communities
The FFAW admits the average person may not fully understand the impact cuts to shrimp quota could have on rural parts of the province. This year the inshore took a 27 per cent cut while the offshore only saw a three per cent quota reduction. Audio, Listen here 09:34
Baker: Fabian Manning shines a light on an uncomfortable truth
As recently as last Wednesday, I had compiled what I was only half-jokingly calling a “shrimp tastes like chicken” list. The list was a collection of all the folks who had either ducked interviews or denied them all together when it comes to the issue of the significant quota cuts recently dealt to the the inshore shrimp fleet. It’s quite a list, comprised mostly (but not exclusively) of people who get handsome paycheques directly from the same taxpayers they are choosing to ignore in this case. Read more here 13:37
Northern Peninsula Shrimp harvesters vow to keep fighting quota cuts
“I respect science but, if I get cut, everybody across the board should be cut evenly,” he said. “I can live with it then. But for us to take 80 or 90 per cent of the cut is not sensible, it’s unreasonable and I hope we’ve got the balls to do something about it and curtail those bureaucrats in Ottawa.” westernstar Read more here 01:10
Fisheries Minister Gail Shea mum on shrimp quota cuts
Federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea is declining interviews on a controversial cut to inshore shrimp quotas. Newfoundland and Labrador`s representative in the federal cabinet, ACOA Minister and Nova Scotia MP Rob Moore is doing the same. Earlier this month, the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans announced a 9,000-tonne cut from the inshore fishery for northern shrimp quotas, while only 1,000 was cut from the offshore trawl fleet. Read more here 17:04
