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Newfoundland crab harvesters hold impromptu protest as price negotiations drag

'We're locked down with four or five companies that are controlling what they are going to pay us, and controlling every aspect of our own businesses' -- snow crab harvester John Efford

By Barb Dean-Simmons | March 4, 2024 17:31 GMT
Snow crab catch from Newfoundland and Labrador. Photo from FFAW Facebook page
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Roughly 150 harvesters from the world's largest snow crab fishery participated in a spur-of-the-month protest outside of provincial government buildings in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (NL), on Monday (March 4). [...]

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