A group of aging fishermen is lobbying Fisheries and Oceans Canada to change a 45-year-old policy preventing them from selling off or handing down their lobster licences to future generations.
The fishermen say it’s not fair they have nothing to show or leave behind after decades in the industry.
“I have two adults, special needs … I want to make life easier for them after I leave this world, so they can be looked after,” said Donald Publicover of Brookside, N.S.
Publicover, 70, is one of the 80 fishermen in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick who have been fishing for almost 50 years and have what’s known as a Category B lobster fishing licence. That type of licence cannot be transferred, leaving it to expire upon death of the holder.
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