Opposition Leader Tony Wakeham calls the latest decision on the mackerel bait fishery in the Gulf of St. Lawrence a “slap in the face.”
Federal Fisheries Minister Diane LeBouthillier this week announced a 470-tonne personal use bait fishery in the Gulf despite reports from harvesters and the union that the stock is healthy.
The quota is being split between the Atlantic provinces and Quebec.
Wakeham accuses the provincial government of being “silent on another critical fishery issue.”