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It is often forgotten that every independent fishing vessel in Canada is a small business on the water, representing a proud past and a bright future for coastal economies across the country. History has demonstrated harshly that our collective success depends on keeping the value of this industry in the capable hands of the independent harvesters who participate in the fishery professionally as stewards of the ocean.
One of the most striking expressions of corporate nepotism was DFO’s decision in January 2024 to allocate nearly 60 per cent of the emerging commercial redfish fishery to the corporate-owned offshore fleet, a handful of giant dragger vessels that are already the largest quota holders for fisheries in Canada, rather than the independent owner-operators in the Gulf of St. Lawrence that support the sustainability of resource-dependent communities throughout five provinces.
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