CFIFH President Outlines Challenges of Future Fisheries

The President of the Canadian Federation of Independent Fish Harvesters began his presentation to the recent FFAW’s (Fish, Food and Allied Workers union) constitutional convention in St. John’s with a question. Christian Brun asked the union leaders in attendance what they felt was the single-most important threat that will impact the future of the fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador? He offered some possible answers, such as cod eating shrimp, declines in snow crab and lobster ...