Fishermen Frustrated Over Halibut Quota Proposal
date:Jul 12, 2012
hen a moratorium was in place.

It said fishermen are also frustrated because they say they have not received an explanation for the change.

In December 2011, the Federal Minister of Fisheries Oceans Keith Ashfield, announced that DFO had contracted independent firm Ernst Young to review the methodology of establishing inshore fixed gear fleet shares for the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Mike McGeoghegan, president of the PEIFA, said the recommendation is unacceptable for P.E.I. fishermen.

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