Oyster harvesters in P.E.I. fear overfishing, empty rivers next spring amid MSX concerns | CBC.ca Loaded
Oyster harvesters in P.E.I. fear overfishing, empty rivers next spring amid MSX concerns
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More than 80 of the Island’s wild oyster harvesters had to find new places to fish after the MSX parasite forced the shutdown of Bedeque Bay last year. As CBC’s Nancy Russell reports, the pressure to find more oysters has meant some rivers are being fished out — and that could mean no catches next spring.
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