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TAC set 34% higher in Canada’s second-largest snow crab fishery

The news has been expected since a scientific report was made by DFO in February and the amount of the TAC increase matches almost exactly what was predicted then

By Jason Huffman | March 18, 2022 18:27 GMT
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Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) announced Thursday (March 17) that it has set the total allowable catch (TAC) for snow crab to 32,519 metric tons in the southern Gulf of Saint Lawrence, a 34% increase over the 24,261t permitted during the 2021 season.   [...]

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