Victoria County has given a northern Cape Breton fish plant less than three weeks to stop sending seafood waste to the dump.

The county says the move is necessary because of new provincial regulations, but the general manager of Victoria Co-operative Fisheries says the plant is the largest employer in the county and now he's scrambling to keep the operation in business.

Osborne Burke said the municipality doesn't seem to care about the possible impact of its decision.

"The question is why is the c…