Atlantic Fisherman - Friday, September 03, 2010

Minigoo Fisheries Celebrates Opening
Jack MacAndrew

Pictured: Darlene Bernard

Just ten months after a steering committee first sat down with Lennox Island First Nation Chief Darlene Bernard, and less than six months after beginning construction on its new processing facility, Minigoo Fisheries was ready to begin processing lobster caught by aboriginal and non-aboriginal fishermen on Prince Edward Island when the spring season opened on May 1.
It’s a good news story for all of Prince Edward Island, and particularly the communities of West Prince, bringing about 70 new jobs and new economic activity to the area.
It’s also cause for celebration of an historic event in Atlantic Canada, the first and only lobster processing plant owned and operated by a First Nation, and the Island community was invited to join with members of the Lennox Island First Nation on April 21to celebrate Minigoo Fisheries Day on Lennox Island.
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