HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s lobster industry would be able to collect a marketing levy on sales under legislation introduced Monday by the provincial government, although fishermen haven’t decided whether to charge such a fee.
Fisheries Minister Keith Colwell says a change to the Fisheries and Coastal Resources Act would enable the province to collect a financial contribution once the industry in Nova Scotia decides what form it would take.
But Colwell says there is still no consensus among lobster fishermen on the implementation of a levy.
Lobster fishermen in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island have agreed to the collection of a marketing levy.
The levy was proposed in 2013 and would see fishermen and the onshore side of the industry, such as buyers and processors, each pay one-cent per pound of lobster caught to cover the cost of advertising campaigns and other promotional initiatives.
Colwell says any decision on what form a levy will take in Nova Scotia will have to come from the industry.
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