A Cape Breton company is trying to break Clearwater Seafood's monopoly on the Arctic surf clam fishery.
Louisbourg Seafoods wants to fish a 6,000 to 8,000 tonne quota on Banquereau Bank off Nova Scotia's east coast.
Dannie Hanson, Louisbourg Seafoods's vice-president of sustainability, said the quota would translate into 140 processing jobs at its North Sydney plant. He said Clearwater is not using its quota to create land-based employment.
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