The fisheries union in Newfoundland and Labrador says a massive reduction in shrimp quotas off the province's northeast coast will devastate the inshore industry.
"In an already bleak provincial economy, these cuts are the nail in the coffin for the inshore shrimp fishery," Fish, Food and Allied Workers union president Keith Sullivan stated in a news release.
The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans announced Thursday that the total allowable catch for shrimp fishing in Area 6 will be reduced to 10,400 tonnes for the upcoming harvest.
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