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Canada to open commercial redfish fishery while slashing shrimp quotas

After 30 years of moratorium, a redfish stock will reopen to commercial fishing but there's bad news, too

By Barb Dean-Simmons | Jan. 26, 2024 22:30 GMT
Diane Lebouthillier, Canada's fisheries minister. DFO Twitter photo
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After 30 years of moratorium, Canada will reopen a commercial redfish fishery on its east coast in 2024, fisheries minister Diane Lebouthillier declared late Friday (Jan. 25), though she declined to say how much quota might be made available. [...]

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