Lobster Quota Will “Tear Apart” Fisheries: Minister

Introduction of a lobster quota would “tear apart” Atlantic Canada, a Nova Scotia cabinet minister has told a Senate committee: “If you go down that road…you will see communities further deteriorate and erode.” The exchange came amid declining lobster prices, and new regulations that will cost fishermen $565,000 a year.

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