“What we have is not an adjustment problem, but the most wrenching societal upheaval since the Great Depression. Our communities are in crisis. The people of the fishery are in turmoil.”

— Earle McCurdy, president of the Fish, Food, and Allied Workers union, in Atlantic Fisherman

“If I were an Atlantic premier, I’d sue the feds. If I were a fisherman or a processor, I’d launch a class-action lawsuit. Heads should be rolling in Ottawa.”

— Silver Donald Cameron, The Globe and Mail