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2022 was by far the most difficult year of negotiations I can recall as someone who has been around the table now for over a decade. I’ve been fishing for 25 years and have been involved on committees for most of that time. What I’ve witnessed in recent years from As it stands, the price negotiations process is skewed in favour of the handful of processing companies that control most of our fishery. A complete lack of transparency with regard to yield and market information puts all the power in their hands. It’s a mafia-esque arrangement that seeks to dismantle our inshore fishery, taking the wealth from our province and into the pockets of a few CEOs and their shareholders.
Nobody is denying these companies also have a business to run, and we know they can’t do it at a loss. But holding a processing license is a privilege – and our government has an obligation to ensure that these companies operate ethically, morally, and to the benefit of the people of our province.