P.E.I. likely to adopt lobster levy: fishing association president

 CHARLOTTETOWN (TC Media) — The P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association says it will likely go ahead with a one-cent lobster levy for Prince Edward Island, even if the other Maritime provinces pass on the idea.

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 Leigh Knox, left, Mike McGeoghgan and Stephen Lapierre, right, of the P.E.I. Fishermen's Association present their concerns over low lobster prices to a committee of MLAs during a meeting Tuesday. The PEIFA says it will likely go ahead with a lobster levy to help raise money for lobster marketing.

  On Tuesday, representatives from the association told a committee of MLAs looking into lobster prices that fishermen are frustrated with getting rock bottom prices for their catches while consumers are paying $40 or more for lobster in restaurants... Continue reading