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Fish plants are busy with crab, so here’s how harvesters are selling their catch of cod and are getting creative to sell it
“We’re down here today filleting our fish because we have nowhere to sell our fish,” said fisherman Wade King. “None of the fish plants were buying, so we got a restaurant in Mount Pearl [buying], King Cod.” Snow crab harvesters kept their boats tied up at the beginning of the fishing season in April to protest the price set for their catch. After a six-week delay, the fishery began at the same price that had been set to start the season. But the delay means plants are still busy processing crab when they’d normally be processing cod. King said he’s still without a buyer three weeks into the cod fishery, which is something he’s never seen before. >click to read< 13:14
Federal employment minister Pierre Poilievre says fish plants must boost wages
Canada’s employment minister says changes to temporary foreign worker legislation will not be reversed or delayed after complaints by New Brunswick fish plant owners. Pierre Poilievre says the solution to the shortage of workers that fish plant owners are concerned about is very simple, “hire unemployed New Brunswickers.” “Let me be blunt, employers do have to raise wages if they can’t attract enough employees. That’s the free market, that’s how it works.” Read the rest here 14:33
