Coastal Shell Products suspended its operations this weekend, laying off 20 staff owing to what the company says are provincial government limitations
A shellfish waste drying plant that has been at the centre of a year and a half long fight to “Stop the stink” in a small southeastern New Brunswick town has shut down.
With the factory located several hundred metres from tidy waterfront homes, low-income housing, an elementary school and a seniors’ complex, the stench that emanated from it prevented some from going outside, opening their windows or hanging out laundry. The nearby school even had a contingency plan to evacuate in case the smell, described by many as a mix of rotten lobster shells and burning wire, became overwhelming.
at a loss of $1.2-million. The final straw came last month when the company was denied $3-million from the Atlantic Fisheries Fund – a joint federal and provincial program that supports the seafood industry – to buy odour eliminating equipment. The closing of the plant threw a curveball at the lobster industry this past weekend when it learned the news, said Nat Richard, executive director of the Lobster Processors Association. Southeastern New Brunswick is the linchpin of lobster processing in the province, and he says the spring lobster season is “absolutely critical” for the industry.
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