New lobster licences requested - Radio-Gaspésie

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New lobster licences requested - Radio-Gaspésie

The President of the Alliance des pêcheurs professionnels du Québec states that it would be possible to add thirty lobster licences to the North Coast. For about five years, fishermen’s associations have been calling for new licences to be issued in this area. O’Neil Cloutier states that the resource is abundant in this area and currently only thirty fishermen share 800 kilometres of coastline. In addition, an agreement already exists between Fi…