US EditionN.S. accepting new seafood buyer and processor licences after 2018 halt
- Beginning August 1, 2025, Nova Scotia will allow new licences for seafood buyers and processors by lifting two decades-old restrictions that had previously blocked such approvals.
- The moratoriums, imposed in 1994 for groundfish and 2018 for other seafood, resulted from a seven-year provincial policy and industry review.
- Applications for most species licences open August 1, while lobster and snow crab licence applications will start January 2, 2026, under strict business registration requirements.
- Fisheries Minister Kent Smith said, "This is not a free-for-all," noting tariffs of 25 percent on seafood from China since March 2023 affect Nova Scotia's $2.4 billion export economy.
- Opening licences to new entrants aims to grow the seafood sector, diversify markets, and support about 20,000 related jobs amid global trade uncertainties.
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Nova Scotia Lifts Freeze on Seafood Buying, Processing Licences
Nova Scotia will lift two long-standing bans on seafood buying and processing licences—a move the province says will strengthen economic opportunities in its seafood industry, and help cushion against the impact of China’s ongoing tariffs and other potential levies from the United States. The Nova Scotia government will lift the moratorium beginning Aug. 1 on all seafood buying and processing licences, a measure that was introduced in 2018. A m…
Nova Scotia to lift licensing moratorium for buyers and processors in seafood sector - Halifax #CDNNews #Canada #CanadaLife #CanadaNews
Nova Scotia is lifting two long-standing moratoriums on new seafood buyer and processor licences starting Aug. 1. Fisheries Minister Kent Smith says the province is ending the moratorium on groundfish that was imposed in 1994, and the moratorium from 2018 on licences for all other seafood. Smith says opening the seafood sector to new entrants will help drive the province’s economy as processors look to diversify their markets. The province will …
Nova Scotia to lift licensing moratorium for buyers and processors in seafood sector - The Turtle Island News
By Keith Doucette Nova Scotia is lifting two long-standing moratoriums on new buyer and processor licences for seafood as it looks to grow the multibillion-dollar sector, the provincial government announced Tuesday. Beginning Aug.1, the province is ending the moratorium on groundfish that was imposed in 1994, and a moratorium from 2018 on licences for all other seafood, Fisheries Minister Kent Smith said. Opening the seafood sector to new entran…
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