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Fishermen ‘rotted’ N.L.-owned halibut harvested, landed in N.S.

863a4ac9dc_64635696_o2Fishermen on the south coast of Newfoundland say they are frustrated and angry that a significant halibut quota owned by the provincial government is being harvested by a Nova Scotia company and landed in Nova Scotia. But CBC Investigates and the Fisheries Broadcast recently revealed that Icewater has instead been subleasing it to an unnamed harvesting entity outside the province.  Read more here  14:57