Why fish harvesters in Newfoundland and Labrador are so angry | About That

[@edtremblay6694]

It's pretty obvious the fisherman are getting screwed over.

[@irocsilver627]

An cbc is the federal shill. Hate cbc

[@irocsilver627]

No kidding??? Look at what has been happening to farmers. the people who supply us with fn FOOD. The EU hates farmers

[@TRexOne]

Yep - that's BS. The government has a right to limit the catch from the environmental stand point, but within these limits, no one should have a right to tell you who you can sell your catch to and for how much.

[@mrgoob76]

well the Canadian goverment did that to prairie farmers with the Canadian wheat board from 1935... TO 2015... there were alot of farmers in those days that DID go to jail for selling wheat in the US for a better price. AND the Canadian goverment is STILL DOING IT to maple syrup producers in ontario and quebec today

[@CrotchCrickets]

It's owned by foreign nationals. ITS NOT CANADIAN. Throw the foreign national company out of the country. Government of Canada has some nerve.

[@ChazRetro]

​@@CrotchCrickets yeah, the provincial government should be ashamed of their continued delay of action

[@donot314]

They make $2.20/lbs for snow crab? I would love to see a cost breakdown for bringing them to market. The cost is so high at the grocery store that I don't even look any more.

[@fycfyc1]

The high prices for expensive seafood varieties are mostly artificial. Some are more expensive to harvest but none would cost $100/lb like you'd see in grocery stores. Most are driven by marketing efforts that grooved us into believing certain varieties are more exotic/rare. All the profits go to the seafood companies. There were shortages decades ago when overfishing was prevalent but currently many schools actually have an overabundant of supply yet prices kept going up.

[@jordanwhite1547]

same with teh Canadian dairy board, just a monopoly that hurts both farmers and consumers at the end of the day, but only a few relly get bank off it.@@fycfyc1

[@guardsmennorheimofthetanit4892]

In Alaska we got $3.70us, every year our marketers tell us they can't get the price higher because new foundland prices are so low.

[@Sombriage]

So... fishers get screwed while processing plants and later grocery stores massively get the profits which also screws the customers. Makes sense.

[@RamblinMan-zf5it]

If there's only 5 companies that can process the seafood, then it's a cartel. It's like the telecommunications industry in Canada. A few companies run the whole show and there's no real competition.

[@davidmacdonald8882]

How very colonial.

[@dorinpopa6962]

Free competition is a stage that capitalism has passed and it's not going back to it. It's like trying to make time go back. The competition has winners and loosers and that produces a tendency towards monopolization. Small business is doomed by the laws of capitalism itself.

[@Sombriage]

@@dorinpopa6962 Meanwhile against the whole concept of a "Free Market" the big businesses are usually saved by the Government from going bankrupt because they have become too big and too integral to society.

[@dorinpopa6962]

@@Sombriage yep. That's the thing about capitalism. It has inherent contradictions that make it undo itself, but the capitalists themselves have an interest in preserving their position, so they keep it on life support and plow through economic and political crisies of their own making by draining and batting down the rest of society. The government is an instrument of oppression in the hands of the ruling class and that's the capitalist class (the big financiers and owners of the multi-national corporations).

[@bkm2797]

Sounds like the monopolies we have here in the U.S.

[@Science1677]

I now understand, the harvesters are being held hostage, fix it.

[@ryanbr7398]

Sadly it’s a feature not a bug

[@dorjedradul9805]

Breaking down the food supply

[@Sombriage]

Big companies continue to be the problem. Buy up all the competition so as to better control the market and price hikes.

[@burnburn645]

@@Sombriage well they are problematic yet arent the problem, they are a tool used by the problem!

[@Sombriage]

@@burnburn645 If you are going to say "The Government" in a way you are right. Big Corporations and Foreign countries use money to sway Politicians and Media Companies to view them favorably or help them in the future.

[@M31Galaxy1]

govt is dysfunctional in this country.

[@esparda07]

Good on them. The government has been out of line for too long.

[@francisphillips53]

2.20 a pound?? Highway Robbery.

[@rodcortez4834]

Wow! Stores sells it for $36 p/lbs. What a price difference 😯😢

[@therainforest4314]

The RCMP are BROWNSHIRTS, Canada!!!

[@greyman686]

What do the RCMP have to do with it?

[@Pulse87dotca]

@@greyman686 They are the ones with that come into the protests with their "trample horses" to push the protesters out.

[@jfc4039]

One man was trampled buy a riot horse and is now at the hospital with a broken hip.

[@Pulse87dotca]

Canadian protesters should now start bringing cattle prods with them to protests to protect themselves against horses which are being used as weapons by the RCMP/Gov't

[@kniknayme9865]

well my east coast friends stop voting Liberal

[@dexlab7794]

They really got you duped thinking voting does anything huh

[@Recon850]

Doesn’t matter if East coast votes for red they can still get in without the votes from this Side

[@pennyyoung7251]

As someone who works in the restaurant industry, id love to ve able to go buy fresh local seafood from the fish harvesters.... Instead we have to buy it for outrageous makeup prices. Fisherman gets 4 bucks a pound, then the grocery store sells it for 18.99 a pound. It aint right

[@gillesnick1052]

Power to the people of newfoundland. Respect

[@AngelaAdams-Prosser]

Hold the line!!!!

[@sheilaMagilicudy]

More government b s. These fishermen have every right

[@euanreid6682]

For decades the gov't has screwed up the the east coast fisheries... i remember this similar type of unrest 40 years ago.

[@dinkster1729]

I remember from the 1970s, 55 years ago. I remember a Mr Lake from, I think, Burgeo was particularly nasty. It turned out though that his fish plants were paying more than other fish plants whose owners weren't that nasty at all in their speech.

[@RayGee101]

fish harvesters????? How about Fishermen?

[@MarlonMcdonald-cx9bx]

Can't say MXN (man) anymore because the woke is watching their movements 🤔

[@dy6682]

Fishermen in a woke society won’t do …..there are fisherwomen as well . Respect.

[@dantracy7314]

Canada has a lot bigger problems to worry about than non gender specific nouns.@@dy6682

[@jgriffin282]

@@dy6682. Are there? Why are they not represented here?

[@clairel34]

I mean that's what they are calling themselves in the video, feels like they are the only people who should get a say

[@ballinkingston]

Follow the money ... who owns the processing plants?

[@myathehappy_1]

That's exactly whats going on in Quebec with the Maple Syrup. It's not fair and is not free enterprise!

[@hahaheija]

Quebec gets enough money from equalization payments

[@myathehappy_1]

Equalization has nothing to do with my comment the farmers there have to sell to one king pin they don't have free enterprise that's why the famous Maple Syrup heist happened go look that up it's interesting@@hahaheija

[@Tribuneoftheplebs]

Isnt the issue there competition from US states like Vermont?

[@cathypennington2382]

# i stand with New Foundland stay strong

[@JimSkinner-e5z]

New Found Land is actually only one word. Are you from Brit ish Colum bee ah?

[@lincolng2204]

You forgot the clip of the horses backing into the group of people knocking down a man and breaking his hip. Typical cbc reporting.

[@Roguerebel297]

Chill bro, they doing a good story for once. It’s about monopolies not police brutality here

[@shawnawilliams3025]

Man we need to get the government out of the economy somewhat. They're messing it up

[@michaelccozens]

Is it the government, or is it the cartel of processors? Seems like the presence of oligopolies in telecoms, groceries, etc. are the problem. Do you know what solves oligopolies? Anti-trust legislation from the government. Your "get the gov out" laissez-faire nonsense looks like a single processor leveraging their size to buy-out all other competitors and revert to rent-seeking instead of production (hi, Walmart!). Try reading any economic history, assuming you can.

[@dorinpopa6962]

It's not the government who's in the economy. It's the big corporations that are in the government and the government does their bidding. Government is just a tool, but it's a tool in the hands of a certain class.

[@saltymonkey8874]

​@dorinpopa6962 Which means the government is sticking its fingers in the economy. Just because corporations are behind it, doesn't mean the government gets a pass.

[@pendlera2959]

@@saltymonkey8874 The solution to bad regulation is good regulation, not less regulation. Those companies that are taking advantage of the government's power will find a different way to screw people over if the government can't limit them.

[@roxannedyerart]

What are fish harvesters? Fishermen? I grew up there, never heard such nonsense.

[@bradcanning875]

Small minds focus on small and nonsense issues.

[@_Y.Not_]

@@bradcanning875woke, political correctness has many negative consequences for Canadians, hardly nonsense

[@bradcanning875]

@@_Y.Not_ Political correctness was required because the dark underbelly that make up the conservative base cloning the Maga base can't control their ugliness.

[@MaryOttermn]

THEY ARE FISHERMEN

[@dy6682]

To include women we need : fisherpersons. I like the traditional “ fishermen”.

[@bradcanning875]

They refer to themselves as fish harvesters. Have some respect.

[@davemarchildon2583]

This is not the issue, nor is it an issue. New title, same thing. The pride of Newfoundland/Labrador are Harvesters of fish, crab, lobsters, you name it.

[@_Y.Not_]

@@bradcanning875Only because that is what our woke, politically correct lefty gov't is calling them, I have never heard a Newfoundlander call themself a fish "harvester" except in response to this gov't nonsense

[@createone100]

It was such a short time ago that the capelin stocks were so seriously over-fished off Newfoundland, that other species which rely on capelin, especially Atlantic cod, were seriously threatened. Has that situation changed in the past five years?

[@apextroll]

No mention of the collapse in cod stocks as to reasons why there are tight regulations.

[@chriscampbell2670]

while that's fair, being forced to sell to a monopoly that uses their leverage to lowball the fishermen is awful, @@apextroll

[@maggiec5864]

Fish harvesters are restricted to the amount of crab they can catch. They all have quotas that are set annually by the federal department of fisheries. In this situation, the provincial government has restricted who the fishermen can sell their catch to.

[@candaistopor1114]

It is slowly coming back but they fish other things not just cod. The provincial government has put regulations and red tape on so much more than just the fishing industry. They are keeping the people poor and the province at its mercy

[@createone100]

@@candaistopor1114 I noticed that the report included capelin in their list of marketed species. I have to wonder if fishing for capelin is a good idea.

[@goldminer83]

Now this kind of reporting is what the people expect from CBC. Not Trudeau Propaganda.

[@_Y.Not_]

Most people have come to expect only political propoganda from CBC, Defund CBC!

[@RussPirozek]

Who came up with fish harvesters? The turd? They are fishermen.

[@davemarchildon2583]

What does it matter? Small potatoes man.

[@RussPirozek]

@@davemarchildon2583 woke?

[@davemarchildon2583]

@@RussPirozek Wow. You got me all figured out there with that brilliant comment. Great contribution to the discussion 🙄

[@jodyjoseph418]

Fishing is a way of life in every maritime area..

[@SenoraSenora-u4x]

Prayers to the fishers🙏🕯🇨🇦🛡

[@mar6553]

The harvesters had a right to make a living too. They selling crabs at $2.00 wow and when we go to restaurants it cost so much money? That doesn’t seem fair.

[@StanTheMan83]

I am a Newfoundland fishermen and this video does a great job of describing our postion. There is one point I would like to clarify that really drives home the processing caps and how they are unfair. One crab processing plant that isn't owned by the big 5 corporations has a production cap of 2.5 million lbs per year, this crab is caught by fishermen and sold to the plant operator. That plant can exceed the 2.5 million cap and has in the past by nearly 4 million lbs but the plant can only access extra crab through other processors(the big 5). This plant competes with the big 5 to secure enough crab to reach the 2.5 million cap but after that they have to buy it from other processors. The big 5 dont have caps.

[@RobertCShannon]

thanks for the comment and perspective.

[@chriscampbell2670]

whether its fishermen in Newfoundland or Uber Drivers in Toronto Governments at all levels of power in this country are perfectly ok with their own citizens being exploited for Corp gains. Free Markets for the rich Chains for the poor.

[@WhiteBear65-nk6zf]

Capitalism running amok.😂You should be able to sell to whoever you want.

[@alexg9727]

starved 5 million Ukrainians with food policy. But you love big government so much dont you

[@alexg9727]

Until the governments hands are fully out of the equation you can never call it 'capitalism'

[@alexg9727]

until the governments stops 'quantitative easing' type policy and monetary injections there will never be 'capitalism'

[@alexg9727]

What part of printing 500 billion dollars in the span of two years diluting our currency is 'capitalist' ?

[@michaelccozens]

@@alexg9727 ... you think monetary policy is anti-capitalist? Don't think you know what any of those words mean.

[@JesseS-ns2vy]

Its about time these Canadian's got angry! Other people were fishing in their waters.😡😡😡 GOOD FOR THEM!👌👍❤

[@lifefordummies]

Thank you for making this video! Very good breakdown of the situation.

[@Mrkeats5487]

If it’s not the farmers that are getting screwed it’s the fishermen of Canada. Once more the blue collar get stepped on but pay the highest Tax.

[@user-gd6rp5cqp]

Not fn rocket science. It cost 100 apples to operate boat and crew but your catch only brings in 60 apples.

[@annette8986]

We should be able to buy we are Canadian We have to order from the Stares and sometimes would never get. Our order Like the farmers they should be in charge of the fish the processing plants The government should stay out of fishing and farming industry

[@bradcanning875]

That's your conservative government like the one PP was in. They gave corporations control of everything including our food.

[@4freess]

In BC its the giant new marine park reserves that will put an end to diving and fishing. The prices are most often controlled by a small group of buyers who fix prices with each other.

[@brokenspell4851]

Fed govt wants to reduce food supply, they’ve gone after the farmers and now the fishermen

[@ChazRetro]

Provincial government*

[@thatsrealroughbud...2394]

The Maritimes joined Canada WILLINGLY in the 1950's, Ontario plutocrates need to remember they can LEAVE willingly if they want to if Ontario doesn't stop treating all the other provinces and territories like dirty little serfs who needs to be silent and servile.

[@bruhjamalhavok5787]

BC steps into the chat

[@ryuuguu01]

It is the provincial government they are fighting with not the federal government.

[@RyanSheppard-tq4pg]

How did this get 6 likes?? 😅😅😢

[@Hollowpointacres]

Yup and I hope it gets worse, the people of Newfoundland and the rest of the promises need to rise up against what's happening in our country

[@bradcanning875]

What's that? Corporations controlling everything. That's decades of conservative governments including PP's former government.

[@markgriffiths2698]

Really great job on the interview

[@barryhaley7430]

Why not the same cartel we have in the dairy and poultry industries?

[@POLYLIVING]

I hope this corruption gets corrected. I love all the fishermen 🧜‍♀️

[@michelleglowala2360]

Everyone too tired of governments rhetoric. People want and need action

[@koransmith]

Another story of Canadian oligopoly and anticompetitive practices

[@jorjethezebra]

canada and monopolies seems to be a running theme

[@cjsaders]

The price last year was 2.20lb the year before that was 5 or 7 so this is the fall.you got small inshore boats that have make 14000 to 16000 to catch. They have to pay fuel bait and crew out of that along with upkeep. Its fine for the big boats that have 400000 to 1 million lb to catch. I live in one of this put ports in newfoundland. Even the plants are not even hiring people from the here. They will hire tempory forgine workers rather they pay a fair amount to plant workers most plants paid 16 ish dollars a hour and 12 hour day 7 days a week unless bad weather comes.the fishery in newfoundland is in a sorry state. One of the plants i worked which is a small plant that pays good tryed to get help from goverment program for upgrades to equipment but they would not give. There are plants that want to do more but cant. And the fact that royal greenland a gorverment owned company from the eu was aloud to come in and take over. They have ruined fisherys in other countrys and end up get kicked out

[@murrethmedia]

#SolidarityForever

[@biker1373]

fishermen !

[@synaestesia-bg3ew]

It's worldwide, from the Netherlands, passing by India's Punjab, Spain, and France to Canada. We live in a strange period, all sectors of food production are in crisis while Canadians are hungrier than ever. This aggravates inflation which is due to the global economy and this is testing the patience of people worldwide. It's difficult enough to find a healthy source of food, and they are pushing for artificial meat and insects. Meanwhile, this crisis doesn't seem to affect Russia, China and Japan. The Japanese, Koreans, and Taiwanese support their fishers and they often come to pillage the ocean of the rest of the world, especially the coasts of Africa and even Canada.

[@ManifestoConfrm]

Monopsony. It's like a monopoly, but it's when their is only one buyer

[@gjosh2086]

protesters allege the officer backed his horse into the crowd striking one and knocking down, causing another man to strike the horse. does not justify, but does make sense. the rnc is doing dirty things.

[@candaistopor1114]

Yeah well you cant blame the fisherman they need to make a living and when they cant feed their familys or heat their homes yet work one of the most dangerous jobs on the island. Those waters are not always kind and its hard work. Newfoundland and Labrardor were the last to join Canada and did just fine without being apart if it. Just saying

[@sispacouet]

Truckers, farmers, fishermen. WTH is happening whats next...

[@gregspencer2654]

Damn CBC and the union with your Newspeak. Come on you can say it, FISHERMEN! I know it hurts your left mind.

[@danhill5619]

Canadian Propaganda ,,Who rides a horse into a crowd ???

[@bruhjamalhavok5787]

Ask the first nations woman trampled in Ottawa

[@GUNNYCANUCK]

Fascists, autocrats and tyrants...also the brown shirts "just following orders"

[@jasonbrushett2005]

Nobody was riding a horse into a crowd

[@justinengland5750]

How can they force you to go fishing... if they made things unaffordable to do it..

[@maggiec5864]

The Fisheries Collective Agreement which governs how the fishery occurs is inherently flawed.

[@johnburmania5571]

I bet you Galen Weston has something to do with this !!

[@danielmontgomery5431]

More likely a liberal government.

[@davidvignola7060]

Government should fear it's people

[@johngillett939]

Not only are fishermen fighting for free enterprise and better prices for their products, but they are also fighting for the survival of their fishing villages. Too many fishermen can't make it now because of DFO's restrictions and the cartel controlling the fishing industry with government help. Fishing villages are getting resettled.

[@DawnChatman]

What the heck is a fish harvester? Are we growing them now? 😂

[@maggiec5864]

😂 I wish we were.

[@richardhunwick5682]

Fisherpeople, get it right peoplekind

[@marieames4520]

That is not only in NL but mostly all the Atlantic provinces with fishe, lobsters, and more. This includes all the indigenous as well. It's really bad from Prime Minister Trudeau, and the MLS is Diane Lebouthillier who cause it.

[@EricLight]

Common Story Company's buying up competition. We need to start to review company's in this country and anti competitive practices

[@dineshabe86]

Fair request but when prices fall, will they still ask for free markets ? Or will fishermen rely on govt programs and ask for govt to come in and gurantee prices ? On the other hand, 2.20 a lb of crab ? :( please send them over inland, im paying 10X.

[@trevorbaker2875]

Is a fisherman a fish harvester now?

[@hike2fish]

This is a much better coverage and analysis than was broadcast on As It Happens the other day.

[@StanTheMan83]

The Newfoundland processing companies can go into NS, PEI, NB and Quebec and buy raw product, truck it to NL for processing and then sell the finished product. Processing companies in the rest of Canada cannot come into NL and do the same so fishermen have no access to them as buyers and thus no competition.

[@mattu909]

Good reporting!!! Go harvesters!!!!

[@Aiphiae]

Let's add the fact that Indigenous can basically do whatever they want while the rest of the fishermen... not so much. We'll save the environment unless it's the Indigenous we'd be saving it from, am I right?

[@maggiec5864]

Let’s not because that distracts from the issue we’re trying to raise attention too.

[@Aiphiae]

@@maggiec5864 It's part of the issue.

[@saltymonkey8874]

Exactly, Stewart's of the land is a f#*&ing joke.

[@cvan7681]

Canadian Wheat Board repeat in some ways. Free Canadian industry to sell to whomever they wish. I bet the Carbon Tax is a big help too.

[@Roguerebel297]

Someone has to do something about the monopolies. Good job cbc actually putting in the good work for once. Keep going!

[@cameronvincent]

Any harvesters interested in making a deal?

[@Bunsenhoneydew-z3t]

Had the greatest resource. Government and harvesters alike destroyed massive stocks that haven't recovered decades later

[@tcollacott]

“There is no dream…just a piss-pot full of greed”…….Hunter S. Thompson

[@scraidywolf7081]

I wonder if trudy will use the emergency act. Good to see the horses get to work. Unlike most Canadians

[@randyt3558]

If the fisherman get their free market, then the processing plants will end up leaving. Simple.

[@ruler898]

Probably. And then their friends and family lose fish plant jobs. So it is what it is

[@YXUHUNTER]

Who came up with this insane system?

[@nathanboonstra1600]

Illegal to strike.... dont strike. quit temporarily

[@erikt454]

A recurring theme across the Maritimes - bloody family-compacts running the show till this day in New Brunswick, I bet Newfoundland is depressingly similar. If the Newfoundland market doesn't change, the Newfoundland fish harvesters deserve access to an active, functioning marketplace, not some 'choose your company store' bull..

[@emian722]

I am wondering who they think to sell. Can't eat a fish to expensive

[@Theoryofcatsndogs]

And I though Canada is a free market economy! Just makes you wonder how much the processor give to the politicians. These fishermen should start their own co-op processing plant.

[@rodcortez4834]

Canada is a "free-trade " country, we we worry more of the other countries products than ours when it comes to selling. So, small businesses gets screwed. We should follow "MAGA" type mentality, to support our own ppl and local businesses. Say No to regulations that only benefits the multi-billion dollar companies. 👎👎

[@Theoryofcatsndogs]

@@rodcortez4834 I am talking about free market, which producer can sell to whoever they want and whatever the price they agree.

[@Dennis-ff2pf]

Just so you know in Canada it's fisherman

[@kaze987]

First! Also, I like how this series breaks down current affairs and issues and stuff that has been around for some time. Very informative.

[@daytonshuflita2201]

The about that series is always quite good. Surprising for cbc

[@Tonycarguy]

Funny how they keep voting Liberal but always complains about the outcome. Maybe you Newfys need to re-evaluate whom you vote for!!

[@jamiewalock8676]

FUNNY YOU THINK CONSERATIVSIM IS A BETTER OPTION HAHAH

[@CardiologyGuy]

You're right, they should vote for the NDP

[@newfoundlandmapping4493]

@@jamiewalock8676honestly though, the cons haven’t done anything for us.

[@jamiewalock8676]

the cons are the corporations@@newfoundlandmapping4493

[@shanewilson8728]

​@jamiewalock8676 in Alberta, where I'm from, the Conservatives, are the better option . Since 1905 when Alberta became a province, Alberta has always voted Conservative . We voted the NDP in 2015 ,and after 4 years will never try that failed experiment again. We are quite happy with the UCP with Danielle Smith as our Premier.

[@CommanderOutdoors]

Them like the rest of Canada get the shaft. The maritimes are the hub of people getting bent over. Too small for anyone else to care what happens here

[@bruhjamalhavok5787]

from one coast to the other we're all canadian Yes I do care. Vote conservative get rid of the NDP (No Democracy Party) BC is getting close to a common sense Party

[@jasonbrushett2005]

Newfoundland is not part of The Maritimes

[@CommanderOutdoors]

@@jasonbrushett2005 if anything it’s THE maritime province

[@jasonbrushett2005]

@@CommanderOutdoors I'm from there I know what it is

[@CommanderOutdoors]

@@jasonbrushett2005 so what are you getting at? If a province has coastline it’s a maritime province. But you’re right it’s a special kind of place to always vote liberal

[@thewhitecarrot]

Grocery chains 2.0.

[@kman6349]

2.20 per pound is giving it away

[@TheoSloat]

WTF is a fish harvester?

[@joeisawesome540]

People who harvest fish?

[@PvO385]

I think this is the first time I’ve heard the term “fish harvesters”.

[@ebonykitsune5031]

Just to let you know, we will be massively having united protests across Canada April 1st so there’s more discourse to come. :/

[@brianmurray1395]

RCMP should be behind the people NOT AGAINST. Sickening

[@bradcanning875]

They aren't RCMP

[@greyman686]

Not RCMP

[@wirilome]

oh. it's like the wheatboard in a way. yikes

[@justinengland5750]

Elvis loveless.... what a name.... dude shoulda been a crooner or somethin....

[@drexlwashingtonian2978]

East coast Canadians talk goofy

[@reegstasaurus]

What are you so smug about? I'm just curious

[@roberthuet4549]

RCMP is the new Gestapo of Trudeau.

[@yourpetyourway]

Fuel and food has gone up around the country, why should our fisherpeople not be seeing the same on their end?

[@rosebuza967]

Are you aware of the cost if living in nfld? HST 13%. Higher prices in all things bc of transport costs to the island. Higher priced fuel to run vessels. Insurances sky high.