date:Dec 25, 2012
Newfoundland and Labrador has made a deal to allow one of its largest seafood companies to ship unprocessed yellowtail flounder offshore in return for a guarantee of jobs at a fish plant.
The province says in a news release that a quarter of yellowtail landings must be processed at the Ocean Choice processing plant in Fortune, N.L.
Under terms of the bargain, processing of the groundfish will commence within six months at the Fortune plant, creating 110 jobs.
The province says the remainder o