Spot prawn season is still a few months away, but a change by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans has some harvesters worried the celebrated B.C. Sonia Strobel, CEO of Skipper Otto Community Supported Fishery, says DFO's surprise decision to make the sale of frozen-at-sea spot prawns illegal will effectively stop the sale of all frozen spot prawns to Canadian markets. For decades, small scale harvesters have frozen tubs of spot prawns in salt water while still at sea to preserve them for transport to local markets. Spot prawns are a celebrated local food in B.C. In an emailed statement, the office of Fisheries and Oceans Minister Bernadette Jordan said enforcing size limits within the commercial prawn fishery is critical in ensuring sustainability.

Source: CBC News March 11, 2021 23:03 UTC