November 29, 2013 — The province’s largest fisheries union is asking the federal government to reject recommendations from the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) to list cod and other species of fish as endangered.
The Fish, Food and Allied Workers’ (FFAW) union has long held the position that aquatic species should be removed from COSEWIC scrutiny under the Species at Risk Act.
FFAW president Earle McCurdy said in a news release the recommendation to list various populations of cod, redfish and American plaice as threatened or endangered is “dated, unnecessary and poorly thought out.”