With their season on hold, fishermen protest low price of crab on the steps of the N.L. legislature
CBC
With the price of snow crab less than one-third of what it was a year ago, Newfoundland and Labrador's fishermen are rallying on the steps of the provincial legislature Monday morning to demand government action on the province's most lucrative fishery.
Members of the Fish, Food & Allied Workers union say they can't afford to fish crab at the $2.20 per pound set earlier this month. Fishing season is open, but harvesters are keeping their boats docked in the hopes of getting a higher price.
The $2.20 price — submitted by the provincial Association of Seafood Producers and accepted by the government's price-setting panel — represents a steep drop from the near $8 per pound at the beginning of last season. Even last season's lowest price — $6.15 per pound — was nearly triple this year's mark. A collapse in international demand is being blamed for the lower price, following two years of lucrative fishing.
In 2022, fishermen landed more than 50,000 tonnes of crab, with an average price of $6.87 per pound, for a total of more than $759 million, according to figures from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
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