May 5, 2014 โ P.E.I. lobster fishermen have begun another season without knowing how much they'll be paid for their catch.
Mike McGeoghegan, president of the P.E.I. Fishermen's Association, said last spring fishermen would never again haul traps without knowing the price, but the season started as scheduled last week without a published price.
Last fall, Fisheries Minister Ron MacKinley said he wanted to run a pilot project on P.E.I. to have the price set in advance. The province paid a facilitator to sit down with fishermen and processors in a series of meetings. MacKinley said even though no price was set, trust was built between the two sides and so it wasn't a wasted effort.
"We had a facilitator in place, both sides all came together," he said.
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