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Halibut fishermen take a stand
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[TheChronicleHerald.ca] - "We come to protest here because we are taking a stand for our livelihood," Robert Courtney, president of the North of Smokey Fishermen's Association, said Monday. "And this is where (Fisheries and Oceans Canada) has their office.
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[Cape Breton Post] - Cape Breton's unofficial seal hunt spokesman Robert Courtney told the Cape Breton Post earlier this week that Cape Breton's limited grey seal hunt on Hay Island probably won't go ahead this year because of poor market conditions.
Hay Island grey seal hunt prospects bleak for 2012
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[TheChronicleHerald.ca] - Robert Courtney says there's no market for seal products. The Russian Federation — Canada's largest customer for seal products — banned importing seal pelts earlier this month. Courtney says seal hunters were hoping the federal government would come
ACROSS NOVA SCOTIA
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[TheChronicleHerald.ca] - Robert Courtney says their portion is based on a 15-year-old calculation of their historical share of the catch. He says if the department increases the catch, then his group deserves a larger share. The fishermen had asked for a face-to-face meeting
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