A week-long conflict between lobster fishermen, fish processing plants and the provincial government has been resolved.
The Maritime Fishermen’s Union says a tentative deal was reached Friday night and approved by most fishermen yesterday morning.
Tensions over lobster prices bubbled over last week, when fishermen demonstrated in Cap-Pele and Shediac, preventing trucks from delivering Maine lobsters to three processors.
The deal calls for processors to pay an additional 25 cents per lobster, which the union will match to raise the price to three dollars per pound for processed lobster and $3.50 per pound for live market lobster.
