Groups hope for co-operation

Derwin Gowan
March 20, 2010
Telegraph Journal

ST. GEORGE - Fisheries and aquaculture groups hope a recent meeting leads to new co-operation among people who draw their livings from the Bay of Fundy.

 The Fisheries and Aquaculture Working Group had not met for some months. The group got together earlier this month as a result of the controversy over cypermethrin in the bay last fall, says Harvey Miller, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans' Southwest New Brunswick area director.

The agenda didn't include cypermethrin, an agricultural insecticide used to kill potato bugs but not licensed for use in a marine environment in Canada.

Environment Canada scientists identified cypermethrin on the shells of dead and dying lobster found in fishermen's traps off Grand Manan in November and Deer Island in December.

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