Cuts, closures, inflation and Fiona: Atlantic Canada's fishing industry tested in 2022 | SaltWire

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ICYMI: There’s no comparative graph available to show whether 2022 was one of the worst years in terms of challenges, but a review of some of the stories of the past year suggest it was likely one of the worst.

| Posted: Dec. 28, 2022, 8:02 p.m. | Updated: Dec. 28, 2022, 8:02 p.m. | 10 Min Read

in all Atlantic provinces and close to the spring herring fishery in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence region. Osborne Burke, general manager of the Victoria Co-operative Fisheries Ltd, says the damage is still being assessed at fish processing facility in New Haven Cove. Burke said the plant lost more than $500,000 worth of product, sustained significant damage to the buildings and lost many pieces of expensive equipment.

Canada, in fact, broke a record that year with $3.7 billion in lobster exports thanks to higher landings and record high prices. Harvesters in Nova Scotia fetched up to $18 per pound.

 

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