Several local fishing ports are benefiting from money set aside in the federal budget for
Central Nova MP Sean Fraser (House of Commons photo)
Credit: Bernard Thibodeau, House of Commons Photo Services
improvements.
Central Nova MP Sean Fraser says the federal government has committed an additional $300 million dollars to build out small craft harbour infrastructure to sustain good paying jobs in the fishery.
Fraser says about $8.2 million of that has come to Central Nova.
Fraser says the inshore fishery is the lifeblood of so many small towns and rural communities.