Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Province provides $11 million to help rationalize East Coast lobster fleet

An Eleven Million dollar loan will be provided by The provincial government to support the East Coast lobster fleet. Premier Shawn Graham says they hve been working towards this for several years.

André Martin, president of the Maritime Fishermen's Union says Once in place, the rationalization plan will make it possible for our industry members to collectively buy back boats and licenses to reduce the number of enterprises vying for limited resources.

The loan program will help about 13 per cent of the lobster fishermen on the province's east coast to sell their fishing licences.