FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, Aug. 7th, 2018

The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) accuses provincial NDP leader Gerry Rogers of applying double standards in supporting locked out workers in Gander while turning her back on the province’s inshore fish harvesters.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, July 18th, 2018

The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) congratulates British Columbia MP Jonathan Wilkinson’s appointment as Canada’s new Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, July 4th, 2018

The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) wishes to inform inshore harvesters and the public at large that Aug. 20th has been set as the date for a hearing before the province’s Labour Relations Board.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, June 29th, 2018

The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is demanding Ottawa explain itself in light of huge cuts to caplin quotas in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and off eastern and southern Newfoundland and Labrador.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, June 29th, 2018

https://www.gofundme.com/boots-on-the-deckThe Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) has been pledged a $10,000 contribution from the Confederation of Canadian Unions (CCU), the only association of independent, democratic unions in the country.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 27th, 2018 

The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is calling on the Government of Canada to release the 2018 caplin management plan for the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and recommends a roll over of last year’s quota.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, June 26th, 2018

The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) says two sets of commercial fishing rules for aboriginal versus non-aboriginal harvesters are creating an unfair playing field on the northwest Atlantic.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 14th, 2018

Well-known fisherman Terry Ryan of La Scie is contributing $10,000 to FISH-NL’s Go Fund Me Campaign to raise enough money to force a vote for inshore harvesters to decide their union fate.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 13th, 2018

The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is calling for Dominic LeBlanc’s resignation in light of his failure to address the current fisheries crisis. 

The Labour Relations Board has scheduled a teleconference for this coming Monday to set a date for a hearing that could win inshore harvesters the right to a vote on their union of choice.

As it stands, FISH-NL will NOT be represented by a lawyer.