Corridor president Norm Miller, whose firm is also involved in oil and gas exploration in New Brunswick and Quebec, said he believes the petroleum industry can coexist with the fishery and other marine-based sectors of the economy. The company wants to get started next year on seismic testing of the controversial 240,000-hectare parcel off Cape Breton, between Port Hood and Cheticamp. What we plan to do is about one per cent of that. Local fishermen, native and non-native, are vehemently opposed to Corridor's plans, which they say will disrupt a lucrative, but fragile fishery and a thriving tourism industry. David MacInnis, spokesman for the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, called for regulators to be more precise about exploration rules.
Clarity is needed.
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