The province’s inshore fishing industry is facing a demographic crisis which the FFAW is working to address. President Dwan Street says the average age of an inshore harvester is 54, and there are fewer people entering the industry. Street says contrary to popular perception, the fishery is far from dead but is a lucrative and valuable contributor to the provincial economy. She says while fishing enterprises were traditionally passed down in fam…
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