Hundreds of fish harvesters chanted John Efford's name last Friday as he delivered the news they'd been waiting to hear. He'd just negotiated a deal with the Newfoundland and Labrador government for what harvesters consider a better way forward in the fisheries.

Until this month, the general public would have associated Efford's name with his late father — the former fisheries minister who was a firebrand in his own right.

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