P.E.I. Lobster Fishermen First In Canada To Pool Money For Marketing

P.E.I. lobster fishermen are the first in Canada to offer money from their catch to help market their product.

The one-cent-a-pound levy will begin to be tallied when the first Island lobster is landed on Saturday.

The chair of the new 12-member P.E.I. Lobster Marketing Board, Charlie McGeoghegan, says around a dozen proposals with recommendations how to spend the money have been submitted so far.

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