The recreational food fishery may be done for this year, but one tour boat operator on Newfoundland's west coast says he's been forced to get creative to keep his business from going belly up after this year's weekend-driven fishery schedule. Cod fishing tours during the recreational food fishery have been lucrative for his business in the past, but this year things were different. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) made the changes to allow more people to participate in the recreational food fishery. They say the additional weekend fishing opportunities discourage fishing trips in dangerous conditions. Four Season Tours has offered the wildlife tours for a few years, but did not promote it.

Source: CBC News October 06, 2018 14:48 UTC