2022 saw a huge spike the cost of diesel and other fuels and that has had a dramatic impact on fish harvesters.

Secretary-Treasurer of the FFAW, Jason Spingle says diesel prices soared to more than $3 dollars a litre, and the impact on owner-operators was profound.

He spoke with a shrimp fisherman over the summer who told him just how much fuel was setting him back

He left St. Anthony, went off Labrador for two trips of shrimp, came back to Port au Choix and had another trip. He told Spingle that fueling up after those three trips cost him $37,000 dollars.