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March 27th, 2018Committee meeting

Billy Stratton

Fisheries committee  Yes. You're right in what you're saying there. What's been done to a lot of those people who've slipped through the cracks is wrong; they didn't know where the people were to get core. What's happened is ridiculous. Up in my area, a man died about a month ago. His wife works in

March 27th, 2018Committee meeting

Billy Stratton

Fisheries committee  What they're doing is not sustainable. We all have the same quota for codfish. How's a fellow going to compete in a 29-foot boat against a fellow in a 65-foot boat like those boys? They're going to have to change the rules on those boat regulations. The other thing I'm going to

March 27th, 2018Committee meeting

Billy Stratton

Fisheries committee  Thank you for having me here today. I'm a full-time fisherman from Calvert, Newfoundland. The first topic I'd like to talk on is the salmon. I hold a commercial salmon licence. I don't think we're getting a very fair shake with the way the salmon is going. It has been closed now

March 27th, 2018Committee meeting

Billy Stratton

Fisheries committee  I'm going to give you a bit of history on codfish. I drew a trap berth in Calvert when I was 15 years old. There were 11 of us who used to draw. I drew the big one, the big berth. We landed over 6,000 pounds of fish that year in that berth alone down there. That was in 1975. I dr

March 27th, 2018Committee meeting

Billy Stratton