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Southern Harbour fisherman, Peter Leonard, running for FFAW election

Peter Leonard of Southern Harbour running ffawSo the Southern Harbour man, who has spent three decades as a commercial fisherman, is serving notice that his name will be on the ballot when the union begins the election process later this year.  “I’m not afraid of a fight,” he said. One of his biggest worries is that the inshore fishery is being slowly killed in favour of big business taking over the catching of fish. Leonard says he also wants to make sure fishers have a strong voice at the union table. Read the rest here 15:51