The harpoon swordfishery off the coast of Nova Scotia is set to open on July 1.
This year’s fishery includes a quota of 100 tons, with a borrowing provision to take 36 tons from next year’s quota. “The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is supportive of it, I thought there for a while they wouldn’t be,” said Patrick Gray, president of the Harpoon Swordfish Association.
The fishery will be monitored daily. “And when we reach 70 per cent we will be closing it down to evaluate the catches,” said Gray.