At one point there was about 50,000 pounds of crab floating in the parking lot. Fiona Fionahurricane novascotia seafood
The Victoria Fisheries Co-op in Neil's Harbour, Nova Scotia, suffered wind and wave damage from post tropical storm Fiona on Sept. 24, 2022. - FacebookTrucking containers weighed down with over 50,000 pounds of frozen crab floated around the parking lot like cardboard boats.
At the six wharves in the area where they are set up to buy catches from local fish harvesters, they moved fuel tanks, forklifts and other mobile equipment away from the shoreline to higher ground before Fiona swept in.They even worked a longer shift, 12 hours, at the plant on Thursday, Sept. 22, to allow their workers to stay home Friday to prepare for the storm.Then they hunkered down, waiting for Fiona to pass, not imagining the damage they would have to deal with by Saturday afternoon.
The four-foot-high concrete retaining wall meant to protect the building if a sea surge made it past the harbour breakwater, also gave way.“It was a combination of high tide, storm surge and 30-foot waves coming over. That combination is unusual, so it just managed to get in and penetrate the building.”
“A lot of that equipment is computer controlled, with electric motors and sensors” he said, and with saltwater damage it will require repair or even full replacement.to modernize the operation. “The good thing with those containers is they are fairly watertight, and they have refrigerated systems. So, a lot of that was salvageable.”
Victoria Fisheries Co-op usually employs 100 people at the plant, which operates seasonally March to September.But there’s a lot more work ahead during this off-season for the company’s management team.
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