Fisher protest interrupts environment ministers’ press conference

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — The union representing inshore fishers and fish plant workers Newfoundland and Labrador interrupted a press conference of the country’s environment ministers in St. John’s today.
They are demanding the federal government reinstate a 32-year moratorium on commercial cod fishing in the province.
Ottawa announced last month that it would re-establish a commercial cod fishery with a total allowable catch of 18,000 tonnes for the 2024 season.
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