Shrimp Fleet

• 7traditional shrimp fishermen
• 2 Aboriginal bands: Eel River Bar and Red Bank
• 3 crabbers/shrimpers (includes 2 codfish who have now crab and shrimp)
• 6 licences hold by Corporation (allocations divides equally between shareholders traditionnal shrimpers)
• Rationalization fleet program launched at the end of the ’80s
• Restructuring fleet program in 2010 and 2011
• Current fleet value: approximately $20 million
• Replacement value: approximately $40 million
• Provides around one hundred jobs on the boats
• Provides approximately 300 jobs in both fish plants located in the Acadian Peninsula