Category Archives: Fisheries
Nova Scotia First Nation to launch self-regulated ‘treaty’ fishery in St. Marys Bay
SAULNIERVILLE, N.S. — Nova Scotia's Sipekne'katik First Nation says it is expanding its self-regulated lobster fishery in St. Marys Bay. The band is to make the announcement later today at the Saulnierville Wharf in Digby County, N.S., in the province'...
First Nation chief detained by fisheries officers in N.S. after launching fishery
SAULNIERVILLE, N.S. — The chief of Sipekne'katik First Nation was taken in for questioning by federal Fisheries Department officers on Monday, moments after he announced the expansion of his band's self-regulated lobster fishery in St. Marys Bay. Chief...
Federal minister’s office concerned with Nova Scotia band’s lobster fishery intent
HALIFAX — A planned lobster fishery by Nova Scotia's Sipekne'katik First Nation is drawing concern from the federal fisheries minister's office, which calls it an ""unauthorized fishery" launching without Departmental involvement. In a statement releas...
Cost of used icebreakers Ottawa is buying from Quebec shipyard approaches $1B mark
OTTAWA — The cost of three second-hand icebreakers that the federal Liberal government is buying from Quebec shipyard Chantier Davie is inching closer to the $1-billion mark as Ottawa keeps quietly adding money to the controversial deal. The most recen...
Treaty rights an election issue: Indigenous chief
HALIFAX — Hundreds of years after the treaties were signed, the chief of a Nova Scotia First Nation says it's time for the Crown to honour its agreements with Indigenous Peoples and recognize their fishing rights. Ahead of the provincial election
RCMP investigating after Mi’kmaq lobster boats cut loose from N.S. wharf, catch taken
WEYMOUTH NORTH, N.S. — The RCMP have opened a criminal investigation into allegations that ten lobster fishing boats operated by Mi'kmaq fishers were purposely cut loose from a wharf Thursday and that catch was stolen. Sipekne'katik First Nation Chief ...
Nunavut community of Qikiqtarjuaq to get long-awaited deepwater port
IQALUIT, Nunavut — The Baffin Island community of Qikiqtarjuaq will see a deepwater port built in its community after decades of lobbying the federal government. Infrastructure minister Catherine McKenna announced the $40 million project today at a pre...
Salmon getting through Fraser River slide zone as officials ponder permanent fix
VANCOUVER — Officials say thousands of migrating salmon are making their way past an area of British Columbia's Fraser River where a waterway was restructured following a massive rock slide more than two years ago. Gwil Roberts, the Fisheries Departme...
Tonnes of oil, diesel pumped from leaking B.C. shipwreck 53 years after sinking
VICTORIA — Tonnes of bulk fuel has been safely removed from a ship that sank off the west coast of Vancouver Island more than half a century ago. Federal Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan says 60 tonnes of heavy fuel oil and
Ottawa to close about 60 per cent of commercial salmon fisheries to conserve stocks
VANCOUVER — The federal government says it will close several commercial Pacific salmon fisheries in British Columbia and Yukon beginning this season to conserve fish stocks that are on the "verge of collapse." The Fisheries Department said in a news ...