Commercial Prawn Opening.

[Murry]

I was wondering if anybody has heard if DFO is going to delay the commercial opening for prawns like they did last year?
It was great for us last year, we saw great fishing right through mid June and the size was even better.

Just was wondering if anybody has heard anything.

 

[Rain City]

I was wondering if anybody has heard if DFO is going to delay the commercial opening for prawns like they did last year?
It was great for us last year, we saw great fishing right through mid June and the size was even better.

Just was wondering if anybody has heard anything.

I really doubt it. It was a Covid thing. Markets will be opened up again.

 

[Dan The Man]

I heard end of May.

 

[grascal]

May 26 was a date that I heard but not a lot of the comm fishers were happy with that late of a start. No official announcement yet.

 

[ziggy]

I really doubt it. It was a Covid thing. Markets will be opened up again.

Thought I read not that long ago they had something like 3 million pounds on ice. I wonder if their traditional overseas market would buy any of that given their penchant for fresh?

 

[Rain City]

Thought I read not that long ago they had something like 3 million pounds on ice. I wonder if their traditional overseas market would buy any of that given their penchant for fresh?

That'll all go on Facebook Marketplace for pennies as soon as the season opens lol.

 

[Sir Reel]

Sale of frozen B.C. spot prawns could be illegal: Fisheries, seafood businesses, chefs frustrated - BC News

Fisheries, seafood distributors, chefs, and restaurant owners in British Columbia are frustrated that a core portion of their seasonal business could be wiped out following a ruling issued by the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO).

www.castanet.net

 

[ziggy]

Sale of frozen B.C. spot prawns could be illegal: Fisheries, seafood businesses, chefs frustrated - BC News

Fisheries, seafood distributors, chefs, and restaurant owners in British Columbia are frustrated that a core portion of their seasonal business could be wiped out following a ruling issued by the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO).

www.castanet.net

That would pretty much kill the export market which according to the story is 90%. I can see an amendment coming.

 

[Gong Show]

The issue that a client told me is that they have to deliver to a licensed processor before heading and freezing in a tub.

Targeted at the Frozen At Sea product.
Still has severe financial impacts on the freezer boats, but there still can be an export market.
Now you have the fisherman lobby going up against the processor lobby.
Bets on who wins?

 

[Murry]

Thanks guy for the info.

 

[Ringo]

B.C. spot prawn harvesters say DFO rule could devastate local supply | CityNews Vancouver

Some spot prawn harvesters in B.C. say their industry is at risk after the DFO tweaked an old rule now preventing them from freezing their catch at sea.

www.citynews1130.com

This was also on Global Morning News today.

Regulatory hurdle puts B.C.’s spot prawn industry at risk | Watch News Videos Online

Watch Regulatory hurdle puts B.C.’s spot prawn industry at risk Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

globalnews.ca

Could be a few weeks until the dust settles and they issue and official notice.

 

[Bryan Allen]

Damn stupid-- let the commercials process the prawns at sea. Get the best price to help our economy recover.

 

[Ringo]

Damn stupid-- let the commercials process the prawns at sea. Get the best price to help our economy recover.

You’re asking for too much - This is DFO!

 

[Gong Show]

This is one of the signs of the impending apocalypse, the CBC and I are in agreement!

CBC.ca: Spot prawn industry under threat after DFO regulation change, small local harvesters say.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/spot-prawn-industry-under-threat-1.5943822

 

[Rain City]

I think this is great for one reason at least. Just shows how out of touch Ottawa is with the stakeholders. The people they allegedly, "uh, CONTINUE to uuuuh, consult with for the benefit of ALL Canadians"

 

[cuttlefish]

Seems to me that there should be a work-around if the issue is size limit. Commercial salmon are frozen at sea (individually of course) and there are measurements for head off built into the regs. The same could be done for spot prawns instead of an outright ban?

 

[wildmanyeah]

They freeze them with salt water in small tubeof like 25.

the only way would be like to sample a random amount of tubs, let them thaw out and than measurer them.

or they could randomly sample and do that at the distributor level but than who’s at fault.

 

[Redfisher]

Size is irrelevant here. They fish bigger web size than sporties and target bigger prawns as the pay for smaller prawns like mediums is poor. This is another example of government clearly not understanding a market economy.

 

[Ringo]

.... or some other lobby’s financial stakes are driving this. Look at post #9 above by Gong Show.

 

[trophywife]

does jimmy own the fresh quota? and boats?