Newfoundland and Labrador Fisheries Minister Derrick Bragg has urged the Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union to hold a secret ballot vote asking snow crab harvesters if they are ready to fish at $2.20 per pound, according to a letter obtained by CBC News.
Newfoundland and Labrador s fisheries minister has waded into a standoff in the province s snow crab fishery by asking the harvesters union to hold a secret vote about whether a work stoppage should continue.
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The state of emergency in central Newfoundland has been extended to the Botwood area due to declining air quality. Smoke from forest fires in the region had already prompted the Newfoundland and Labrador government to declare a state of emergency.