A longtime advocate for the inshore fishery says measures taken by the provincial government won’t do anything to break what he calls the “cartel” running the local processing sector.

Harvesters are vowing to return to Confederation Building on Monday to rally for changes that will give them a greater share of the price fetched by crab and other species.

The province is now allowing outside buyers to purchase product from harvesters, but Ryan Cleary told VOCM Open Line with Paddy Daly that doesn’t go far enough.

He says boats will leave for the fishing grounds this weekend to catch their quotas and steam to the mainland to sell their catch for $4 a pound.

“I know that will happen…because to co-op that I’m part of, is…brokering the deal.”