These summaries of recent Fisheries law cases are prepared by Brad Caldwell of Caldwell & Co.,  404-815 Hornby Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6Z 2E6. Telephone (604) 689-8894,  E-mail: brad@marine-law.ca CV: Link.

Readers are urged to consult CanLii for updates to the cases digested on this site.

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Andrews v. Canada (Attorney General), 2019 NLSC 42

In Contracts, Fish Cases on

This case involved an alleged 1993 agreement between the Minister of Fisheries and the Area 3K snow crab fishing fleet in Newfoundland that if the fleet supported the Minister in allocating an increase in snow crab quota to fish harvesters adversely impacted by the moratorium on cod instead of the snow crab fleet, he would never reduce the snow crab …