Blame Canada

From the PEI Guardian on Saturday comes this tidbit:

Prince Edward Island Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Allan Campbell said Friday he is strongly opposed to cuts in the province's share of the halibut fishery in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Earlier this week, the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans announced an increase in the 2007 total allowable catch, but Prince Edward Island's share is being reduced to 1.46 per cent, or approximately five metric tonnes. Last year, Island fishermen landed 13 tonnes.

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Campbell said that the increase in the total allowable catch should be shared equally in the region. Most of the increase this year goes to the Newfoundland and Quebec fleets.

Coming soon: an existential crisis, a massive rally on the Charlottetown waterfront, and the start of a campaign by PEI radio hosts and self-appointed experts on everything to separate from Canada. Down with the bridge! We brought the halibut into Confederation, etc.!