The opposition says the federal government’s plan for consultation on the recreational cod fishery is too little, too late.

Tony Wakeham points to the near tragedy in Conception Bay on the weekend in which two people ended up in the water when their boat overturned. They were rescued, but the situation could have ended differently.

Fisheries Minister and St. John’s East MP Joanne Thompson did not change anything with this year’s food fishery, even though the total allowable catch for the commercial fishery was doubled.

Wakeham says other Atlantic provinces can fish every day of the week, but once again Newfoundland and Labrador is limited to a Saturday-Monday period.