‘Major Damage’: East Coast Fishing Industry Feeling Impact From Post-Tropical Storm

‘Major Damage’: East Coast Fishing Industry Feeling Impact From Post-Tropical Storm
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discusses post-tropical storm Fiona with local fishermen at Pointe-Basse wharf in Havre-aux-Maisons, Que., Sept. 29, 2022. The Canadian Press/Nigel Quinn
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The impact of post-tropical storm Fiona on Atlantic Canada’s fishing industry is still being tallied, but Osborne Burke already knows it will cost almost $2 million to repair a major seafood processing plant in Neils Harbour, N.S.

The general manager of Victoria Co-operative Fisheries Ltd. says the high-tech operation was torn open by Fiona’s hurricane-force winds and a destructive storm surge last Saturday as Fiona roared over Cape Breton.