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Snow crab producers, harvesters ready to move on from 6-week delay to start of season

Snow crab producers, harvesters ready to move on from 6-week delay to start of season

CBC
Wednesday, May 24, 2023 8:16 AM GMT

The head of the Association of Seafood Producers says the finalization of snow crab prices shifts the situation from a fight over price to a fight to make the season valuable.

"We have a shortened season, we have an increase in quota, and it's very important that we keep our focus not on what has happened, but where we need to go," ASP executive director Jeff Loder told reporters Tuesday.

"And where we need to go is to get snow crab out of the water, processed and into markets."

The ASP and the Fish, Food & Allied Workers union signed a deal Friday to end the six-week stalemate. The offer guarantees a minimum of $2.20 per pound for snow crab and includes incremental increases as the US-dollar-based Urner Barry price increases.

Loder said his group is relieved to see the price at $2.20. He commended the integrity of the price-setting panel along with Premier Andrew Furey, Fisheries Minister Derrick Bragg and Environment Minister Bernard Davis for "encouraging a fact-based market discussion" on the way to a deal.

Loder did show slight frustration around the length of the holdout, saying both the price of $2.20 and the incremental increases were part of conversations months ago.

"They were disrupted by members of the FFAW, which led to a situation where we've lost over six weeks of the season," he said. "We're going to do everything that we possibly can to ensure an organized fishery with trip limits that are enforceable, and the FFAW and ASP are meeting today to have that discussion."

While Loder wouldn't share a dollar amount tied to the impact of the holdout from harvesters, he said the deal was signed with plant workers, harvesters and businesses tied to the fishery in mind. The holdout hurt those demographics the most, he said, especially when other Atlantic Canadian markets were processing crab and sending it to market.

"We're going to do everything we can to overcome those impacts, but there's no question this was not the image that should have been sent out to global markets," he said.

Although the FFAW wasn't able to change the $2.20 per pound set by the price-setting panel, president Greg Pretty says the work done in six weeks of holding out — like making sure $2.20 is the minimum price along with incremental increases — is a positive.

"If we were fishing right now, the price would probably be $1.76 to $1.80. So there's 40 cents there, there's nothing insignificant about that. It's 40 cents per pound, and that's there right now, because of the deal we struck with ASP," Pretty said Tuesday.

"This was a real difficult time, very stressful time for people. I think the six weeks will pay off ultimately for the entire industry."

Pretty also believes progress has been made on issues he says are plaguing the industry, such as changes to final offer selection — the method that price-setting panel uses to determine price that Pretty says was highlighted by Furey during their meetings.

"[Furey's] said he's very willing to look at tweaking, fixing, [final offer selection]. And, in fact, looking at a continuation of a formula for next year to ensure that we don't have to go through this again," Pretty said.

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