ASP going to court after crab price-setting panel delayed again

ASP going to court after crab price-setting panel delayed again

There are more delays in setting a price for the upcoming snow crab season due to circumstances the FFAW says are beyond its control. But the Association of Seafood Producers is taking the matter to court.

Newfoundland snow crab harvesters, processors melt down over yet another season delay

'How do we keep using a process that creates pure turmoil each and every year to try to set fish prices? ... The people we have running this industry wouldn't run a garden party!!!!' -- Facebook post by a Newfoundland crab harvester

The Directorate sees no reason to intervene in the distribution of snow crab quota.