38% Cut To Lobster Aid

Funding for a support program for Atlantic Canada’s lobster fishery will be reduced 38 percent this year, according to budget estimates: “We are in a phasing out of the program.” The fisheries department says it has bought back some 500 lobster licenses from fishers in a bid to rationalize the industry.

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