One of the organizers behind a group that has been protesting outside of Confederation Building since the House of Assembly opened is crying foul after they were told they had to move a boat that was stationed outside as part of their protest.

The group Protect NL has been consistently rallying outside Confederation Building for two weeks.

One of their main concerns is about the pace of wind development in the province. A petition on that front, with 3,000 signatures, was tabled in the legislature earlier this month.

Earlier this week the group parked a brightly-coloured boat on the property with a large banner attached reading “listen.”

Around 1:00 on Thursday afternoon police told the group that the vessel wasn’t allowed on the property and they have to move it.

Amanda Boutcher, a fish harvester out of Placentia Bay, says their concerns aren’t being heard.

“We’ve had no voice, so this was our only way to get in here and get attention and try to get a voice, and now they’re taking that from us too. We feel like we have no names, we have no voice, we don’t matter.” Aside from their concerns with wind energy, Boutcher believes there are a lot of other issues that aren’t getting attention—particularly as it relates to the fishery.

She says there are issues with overreach in the fishery—including with the DFO and foreign interests—and controlling agreements. Specifically, Boutcher says they’re having problems with redfish, mackerel, the lifting of the cod fishery, and their fight to sell their own product.

“Every time we turn around they’re taking something else from us. They’re forgetting what this province was built on, and it was built on the fishery…I don’t think they appreciate that, and I don’t think they respect that,” says Boutcher.