FFAW calls on Trudeau to affirm cod commitment

The FFAW is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to reaffirm the 115,000mt commitment to Northern Cod before the management plan is released this season.

“The current government has not done our province any favours when it comes to their management of federal fisheries resources,” says FFAW-Unifor President Greg Pretty.

“What we’re seeing is a massive transfer of owner-operator, community-based ownership to the offshore, corporate buddies of Liberal MPs,” says Pretty.

The 115,000mt commitment as a concept is tied to a core mandate of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to support the economic sustainability of coastal communities as well as the preservation of the independent owner-operator fleet.