Nova Scotia Lobster Levy Consultations Underway
February 12, 2015 | 1 min to read
YARMOUTH: There was good dialogue and many questions from those who attended a lobster levy meeting at the Rodd Grand Hotel in Yarmouth on Tuesday afternoon.
The province is proposing that lobster harvesters and processors each pay a one-cent levy for every pound of lobster landed as a means of raising funds to be applied to marketing the product.
Alan Chandler, a marine advisor with Nova Scotia Fisheries & Aquaculture, is coordinating the consultation process across mainland Nova Scotia with fishermen and buyers.
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