A fish harvester’s protest threatens N.L.’s crab season again [Video]

Longliners across Newfoundland and Labrador are tied up once again, as a new protest by the province’s fish harvesters threatens to derail the crab fishery for a second straight year.

The crab season for most parts of the province opened on April 6, but fishing vessels remain tied to wharves — and crab pots have been left on land — as harvesters, again, dispute the price set by a government-appointed panel.

“No one made no money in 2023,” said Glen Winslow, a crab fisherman and a representative with the Fish Food and Allied Workers union (FFAW).

“I certainly didn’t break even. I spent a lot more money than I took in in 2023, and I don’t intend to do it in 2024.”

Last year, fish harvesters left their boats tied up for six weeks, hoping to force the minimum price higher than $2.20 per pound.

An arbitrator ruled that the …