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Canada’s fisheries minister ignored staff cod advice, court documents reveal

'It is recommended that you approve maintaining a stewardship fishery and the MAH (maximum allowable harvest) level of 13,000t for 2024-25' -- DFO officials in a memo to Diane Lebouthillier

By Barb Dean-Simmons | Sept. 10, 2024 15:14 BST
Diane Lebouthillier, Canada's minister of Fisheries and Oceans. Photo from Diane Lebouthillier Twitter/X page
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Canadian fisheries minister Diane Lebouthillier disregarded the advice of senior officials in her department when she decided to resume a commercial Atlantic cod fishery in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) in 2024 [...]

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