The year-round harvesters are generally pleased with the amount of redfish allocated to them. For the first time in decades, Ottawa is opening the redfish fishery in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

Most of the quota was given to the larger boats, or what’s referred to as the offshore sector. The inshore boats, which do not fish year-round, received what the FFAW refers to as a miniscule amount of redfish.

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