Why, then, earlier this spring before the summer fisheries started were so many of the Great Slave Lake fishermen concerned about the types of prices they were receiving for their catch? Many of the B class fishermen claimed that every time they went out they lost money, and they had to put up a lot of collateral, a lot of their own money to purchase new boats or new equipment, and they kept losing money. Why do they fish? I know that many of them are long- term residents, that is their whole livelihood, their whole life, and they are probably the hardest working people in terms of the type of industry they are in and, yet, we do not seem to give them direct support that, say, the turbot fisherman, or the char fishermen, get.
Fred Koe on Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on October 1st, 1992. See this statement in context.
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
September 30th, 1992
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Fred Koe Inuvik
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