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NPD calls for reversal of minister’s decision on cod quota

Published on June 19th, 2009; Published on January 30th, 2010

Topics :: Southern Gulf

NDP Fisheries Critic Peter Stoffer and Yvon Godin, the NDP MP for Acadie-Bathurst, are calling for the reversal to the decision by Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea to close the cod fishery in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. “We and the fishers call upon the minister to reconsider her decision immediately. The Minister has caused trouble without taking any long-term measures to rebuild the cod stock. Worse still, she has not taken any measures to help fishers,” said Godin. “Last year the minister of fisheries at the time was thinking of closing the cod fishery, but he did not do it. This year the government has radically changed course without warning, after fishers have invested thousands of dollars in equipment,” added Stodder. “For some fishers this announcement is catastrophic. It will ruin them.”

The MPs are also calling upon the minister to meet with fishermen as soon as possible to reach an agreement.

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