DFO Reneges on Commitment on Northern Cod: FFAW

The FFAW is accusing the federal government of backtracking on a decades-long commitment promising the first 115,000t of Northern cod to inshore groups.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans released the 2024 management plan for Northern cod earlier this week, announcing a total allowable catch of just over 19,000t with the bulk of the increase going to offshore groups and little benefit to the coastal communities who rely on the fishery.

FFAW-Unifor President Greg Pretty said, “Today is yet another blow in a long string of Liberal Government failures to protect coastal communities while they prop up their corporate buddies. I would like to know where are Seamus O’Regan and Gudie Hutchings, and all the other MP’s we supposedly have representing us in Ottawa.”