Commercial West Coast Rock Lobster Fishers Can Take More, Says CAF

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister, Barbara Creecy, has accepted a set of recommendations by the Consultative Advisory Forum (CAF) appointed to advise on the West Coast Rock Lobster fishery. 

Necessary regulatory processes will be followed to give expression to this decision. The report submitted recommends that the total allowable catch (TAC) be increased for the 2021/22 season to 700 tons from the present 600 tons given the dire socio-economic conditions of fishers reliant on west coast rock lobster for their livelihood.