They didn’t hold hands and break into a chorus of kumbaya, but there was a definite mood of “we’re in this together
" at a joint news conference Thursday morning, Feb. 16, by the Fish, Food and Allied Workers and the Association of Seafood Producers .
Still, individual harvesters and companies can make independent decisions to either not fish or not buy should prices be uneconomical for their business models. Newfoundland and Labrador is the world’s biggest producer of snow crab, but it’s not the only province that’s feeling the effects of a weak crab market.
"This market for snow crab climbed to unprecedented heights that was very good for both sides. But what goes straight up usually comes straight down and that’s what we’re dealing with."On a positive note, however, he said snow crab stocks appear to be healthy.Usually, the beginning of the crab fishing season is marked by arguments about fair prices, and the FFAW protests on Confederation Hill in St. John’s.
Jeff Loder, executive director of the ASP, added, “Conflict is not going to produce an income to the benefit of the entire industry.
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