Quebec has joined Nova Scotia in staking its claim on the upcoming redfish bonanza in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Companies from Quebec hold a little under one-third of the offshore quota, while it’s around 50 per cent in Nova Scotia. The fishery was effectively shut down to protect the species in 1995.
However, a now booming population is about to set off a huge harvest in an area known as Unit 1, which encompasses the Gulf of St. Lawrence and portions of the Cabot Strait.
Quebec said it’s essential for the federal government to maintain the historical share of quota when large-scale fishing resumes in several years, even if the industry there is not ready.
Quebec’s fisheries minister, André Lamontagne, said in a statement the redfish fishery was important to his province’s economy before the 1995 moratorium.
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