Canadian snow crab impasse ends
2023-05-22T10:32:00
A deal has been struck to open the Newfoundland and Labrador snow crab fishery after a dispute over prices
Government, industry and union bosses have reached an agreement on opening the 2023 snow crab fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador.
The industry has been at a standstill for the past six weeks after the Fish Food and Allied Workers union argued that the province’s price-setting panel had set the per-pound price too low for harvesters to make a profit.