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Clearwater Seafoods keeps Canadian surf clam monopoly for 2020
Halifax-based Clearwater Seafoods will keep its monopoly on Canada’s lucrative Arctic surf clam for another year.,, The licence was originally awarded to a consortium of First Nations led by the Elsipogtog Band in New Brunswick and Premiums Seafoods of Arichat, N.S.,, But the licence was cancelled after it emerged the partnership was formalized after the licence was awarded, that participants had family ties to the federal Liberals including then-Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc, and were unable to secure a vessel to harvest the quota. >click to read< 18:49
Fisheries and Oceans minister says lobster industry’s on the right track
She bases her optimism on the way the industry has responded to the 2008-09 recession and slumping lobster prices, seeking out markets around the globe. Fall lobster prices in 2014 were a buck a pound higher that the previous year. “In the lobster industry, of course, the prices are set by supply and demand. The supply has been increasing, so it’s obvious we needed the demand to increase at a faster pace in order to keep the prices climbing,” she said. “So that’s what’s happening.” Read the rest here 14:47
