The Fish, Food & Allied Workers union says documents filed by Ottawa to defend reopening of a commercial cod fishery show all Liberal MPs supported the feds’ decision.
The reopening once again gives local processors and NAFO countries access to the resource with offshore draggers, while the stock remains in the cautious zone.
The union asked the courts in July to intervene and put the brakes on the decision in order to ensure the protection of the resource and future for inshore harvesters.
“What we’ve seen thus far is a Liberal caucus of NL politicians who supported breaking the 40-plus-year agreement to our province,” says FFAW-Unifor President Greg Pretty. “While it’s certainly not shocking at this point, it should be a real eye-opener to the people of our province who elected these individuals to office.”
