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About 400 people, including members of Unifor’s FFAW and Newfoundland and Labrador political leaders, rallied in Gander recently to denounce cuts to the inshore shrimp quota made by the federal government.
FFAW president Keith Sullivan said it’s time Ottawa started listening to the concerns of people in the shrimp industry. FFAW-Unifor has warned that thousands of jobs are at risk, along with the economic stability of municipalities and local small businesses due to the quota cuts.
Last year, inshore harvesters saw their shrimp quotas cut by 26 per cent, while offshore quotas were cut by only five per cent.
The March 5 meeting was open to all, and was attended by political leaders including MPs Scott Simms, Gerry Byrne and Ryan Cleary, Premier Paul Davis, provincial Liberal Leader Dwight Ball, then provincial NDP Leader Lorraine Michael and provincial cabinet ministers Vaughn Granter, Keith Hutchings and Derrick Dalley.
