I applaud this initiate and hope more fisherman would get involved and speak out about this issue. As long as everyone shrugs their shoulders and say's "oh well", so will government. If enough people start to speak up about getting our rivers healthy again, then something can and will be done.

A fisherman from Tignish has started up an Island-wide petition to help reduce sea lettuce.

Malcolm Pitrie, who has harvested clams for the last 11 years, said sea lettuce has been clogging up P.E.I. rivers and killing fish and shellfish.

It's forced him to move six times to different rivers.
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"My actions are to try to get something done with this, move forward with it," said Pitrie. "I don't want to put blame on anybody. Let's come up with a plan now. Let's get some money. If we have to get federal money, that's fine. But let's just get a plan going now and start fresh."

Fisherman tackles sea lettuce problem
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2011/03/25/pei-...