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Yellowtail project aims to ensure sustainability
The Centre for Aquaculture Seafood and Development (CASD) is getting money to put the yellowtail fishery under a microscope and make it more sustainable.
The province (Newfoundland & Labrador) announced this morning it will provide up to $100,000, as part of the Fishing Industry Renewal Strategy.
The yellowtail initiative is part of a larger project being conducted by a number of fisheries research organizations and Ocean Choice International.
That three-year project is valued at $1.4 million and will examine three different areas of the yellowtail fishery, including harvesting, processing and knowledge management.
The portion funded by the Department of Fisheries will examine processing aspects of the harvest.
“It is important to always seek opportunities to improve the quality of our seafood products. We are operating in a very competitive global marketplace and every edge we can achieve will help to ensure a more sustainable fishing industry into the future,” said Fisheries Minister Tom Hedderson in a release.
The project is being carried out at the Marine Institute through the CASD.
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