date:Feb 25, 2014
Newfoundland fishery officials will conclude a lobster license buy-back program at the end of March after nearly three years of successfully reducing fishing capacity in Fortune Bay, the southwest coast and west coast of the provinces lobster fishery.
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) lobster sustainability program was first announced in November 2011 and will conclude 31 March. The program, designed to encourage the future long-term sustainability and economic prosperity of the lobs