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Novabonker

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Are We Next?
« on: February 25, 2011, 09:21:47 AM »
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2011/02/25/nl-report-cuts-.html

Being an east coast boy raised by a family of fisherman, this is scary. No salt cod and scrunchins :'( :'( :'(
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Re: Are We Next?
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2011, 10:05:08 AM »
--We're already there.
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Re: Are We Next?
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2011, 01:44:25 PM »
Quote from: skaha on February 25, 2011, 10:05:08 AM
--We're already there.

Indeed. My family has been in Canada since the mid 1700's (before Canada), and always made a living off of the sea on the east coast. The inshore fisheries out there were a pretty tough go when the stocks were good, let alone now. Many in my generation so no future in the fishery and went on to other things. There's still a few earning an existence, but most of the money is in the bigger boats and companies.
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Re: Are We Next?
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2011, 07:45:13 PM »
--Our family arrived 1850's Ottawa area..
--Other portion of our family much more recent... 1901 I think arrived in Port Alberni.... Used one boat for hand logging and fishing for year round employment.
-- Also remember early Commercial licence.. I think.. which allowed for line caught 6 salmon per day which were sold fresh to local restaurants, stores and neighbors. Many retirees or people to old to work..(no indexed pensions then) survived at least food on their own table....  Stories from my Great Grand Father... I wasn't around in 1901
--But was around when canneries convinced the government that all the small operations that worked along the coast year round with workers on call when a boat came in wasn't viable.. they needed consolidation and larger more efficient plants and wanted all the fish in and processed in short periods of time.. ie get rid of all the small guys fishing and have quotas and time lines... (regulations that had nothing to do with conservation) but rather with reduction of costs.

--I do recall articles stating that all these small fly by night guys were abusing the regulations and couldn't be controlled... well that may be correct but I somehow don't think all the guys that put an extra line out had near the by catch a single commercial vessel does now.
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