Groups that clean up lost and abandoned fishing gear concerned about funding

Groups that clean up lost and abandoned fishing gear concerned about funding

Source: yahoo

4/13/2024

Groups that clean up lost and abandoned fishing gear concerned about funding

Credit: Matthew Molyneux/Coastal Action

Environmental groups working to retrieve lost and abandoned fishing gear from Nova Scotia's coast fear they could lose their federal funding.

The groups rely on the Fisheries and Oceans Canada Ghost Gear Fund to support their work.

Zora McGinnis, the coastal and marine project co-ordinator for Mahone Bay-based Coastal Action, told CBC Radio's Information Morning Nova Scotia the group has received very little information from DFO about the future of the fund.

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