ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador’s Liberal premier has once again penned a letter to the federal government opposing one of its decisions — this time about the reopening of the province’s commercial northern cod fishery.

In a letter Wednesday to federal Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier, Premier Andrew Furey said foreign offshore vessels have no place in the province’s fishery. The federal Fisheries Department’s decision to allow these boats to catch cod in the reinstated fishery is “an affront” to Newfoundland and Labrador’s fishers and processors, and the work they’ve done to help the cod stock grow, Furey wrote.