The stalemate continues between harvesters and processors but the clock is ticking down on the shrimp fishery.
The FFAW accuses the main players—Royal Greenland and Ocean Choice International—of refusing to buy and trying to put the financial squeeze on those who rely on the fishery.
The FFAW staged a rally in Port au Choix Friday afternoon to voice their displeasure.
✊️ A large group of harvesters, plant workers, & community members have banded together in Port au Choix to push back on the greed of Royal Greenland & OCI. When multi-million dollar companies collude & lobby gov, we must mobilize to protect our industry. #nlpoli pic.twitter.com/xqnOyA8qds
— FFAW-Unifor (@FFAW_Unifor) July 15, 2022
Jason Spingle, the west coast representative for the union, says the three plants which rely on shrimp—Port au Choix, Anchor Point and St. Anthony—each employ about a hundred people.
The two shrimp stocks in question are found off the Northern Peninsula and southern Labrador.
Harvesters in the north have a few short weeks to have the situation rectified—less than a month, says Spingle. Without the shrimp fishery, the situation will be dire for the Northern Peninsula, he adds. The FFAW wants to get something going.
