The effects of Atlantic after-tropical storm Fiona While the cost of Canada’s fishing sector is still being calculated, Osborne Burke is already aware that repairing a significant seafood processing facility in Glace Bay, N. S., will cost close to $2 million.
According to Victoria Co-operative Fisheries Ltd.’s general manager, Fiona’s hurricane-force gusts and a damaging storm surge last Saturday when Fiona rushed through Cape Breton tore open the high-tech business.
In the meantime, the eastern mainland of Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, P.E.I., and southwestern Newfoundland have all reported significant damage to fishing boats and small-craft harbours.
Five of the 180 harbours in the area, according to the federal Fisheries Department, are no longer in use, another 99 are only partially functional, and 20 require additional evaluation.
According to Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray, as long as inspections are conducted, the number of useless harbours will rise.
Certain in the sector claim they have been affected by the storm’s unpredictable character, which devastated some fishing settlements while mostly sparing others nearby.
The Canadian Press initially released this article on September 30, 2022.
“Major damage” has been done to the East Coast’s fishing industry as a result of the tropical storm
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