HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's fisheries minister says he'd like to see a proposed levy to support a marketing strategy for the lobster industry in place by the fall.
Keith Colwell says he believes the fisheries sector will support the levy because all involved understand that marketing and lobster quality has to be improved.
The levy, proposed in a 2013 report, would see fishermen and the onshore side of the industry such as buyers and processors each pay one cent per pound of lobster caught to cover the cost of advertising campaigns and other promotional initiatives.
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