People in Little Bay Islands, on the northeast coast of Newfoundland, say they'll fight to keep crab processing jobs in their community after learning the company that holds the processing licence wants to transfer it to St. Mary's Bay.
The move would put 20 of the community's 100 residents out of work.
"What you're doing is taking from one town and giving to another, and that's fairly arbitrary," said Little Bay Islands Deputy Mayor Jim Forward.
"Given the fact that we have the licence, it has operated successfully here, we don't feel there's any particular reason that it should be used to impoverish one community to benefit another," he said.
"It's politically unfair, it's unjust, and in our opinion, not necessary," Forward told CBC News.
It could be several months before a final decision is made about the crab-processing licence held by Daley Brothers Ltd.
The provincial fish processing licensing board will have to make a recommendation. Then it will be up to Fisheries Minister Clyde Jackman to make a decision.
About 90 people work at the plant each season, with about 70 workers travelling to Little Bay Islands from nearby communities in Green Bay.
No one at Daley Brothers wanted to comment.
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