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Canada Urges France to Back Off Plan for Snow Crab Fishery Off Coast of Newfoundland
France pledged a 1,500-tonne snow crab quota to a Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon company, and Canada says the plan exceeds French authority.
- Canada and France are at odds over fishing jurisdiction after France announced plans to launch an exploratory snow crab fishery on the Grand Banks' continental shelf, an area Canada claims beyond its 200-nautical-mile economic zone.
- Last week, French President Emmanuel Macron promised an exploratory snow crab licence to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon-based ASPM Océan, enabling the company to harvest 1,500 tonnes annually for five years with annual landed value of $20 million Cdn.
- Snow crab is Newfoundland's most lucrative fishery, worth about $708 million in 2025, with Canada claiming the disputed zone through the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf.
- Dwan Street, president of the union representing inshore fishers, said, "Those are Canadian resources," while Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson and Premier Tony Wakeham officially opposed the French plan.
- Global Affairs Canada is coordinating with Fisheries and Oceans Canada to address the dispute, encouraging France to abandon the commitment while asserting France lacks authority to conduct such activity.
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Canada urges France to back off plan for snow crab fishery off coast of Newfoundland
ST. JOHN'S - Canada's fisheries minister is encouraging France to abandon its plan to launch a snow crab fishery in waters near Newfoundland and the French territory of St-Pierre-Miquelon.
·Winnipeg, Canada
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DFO 'disappointed' by France’s pledge to fish off N.L. coast following Saint-Pierre visit
A week after its leaders met in the French territory of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Ottawa is calling on France to walk back its pledge of a 1,500 tonne snow crab quota off Newfoundland’s Grand Banks.
·Ottawa, Canada
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