Category Archives: Fisheries
Oil from vessel that sank in 1968 on Vancouver Island to be removed: Fisheries Dept.
VICTORIA — The federal government is taking steps to remove bulk fuel from a vessel that sank in 1968 and is leaking oil off the west coast of Vancouver Island. Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan says recent results of a technical assessment
Federal ministers outline principles of $647M fund to protect Pacific salmon
OTTAWA — Record federal spending to try to save the Pacific salmon population marks the beginning of a new chapter that will give the species a fighting chance at survival, Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan says. Jordan and Environment Minister Jon...
N.S. First Nation further delays lobster fishing, saying it risks losing traps
HALIFAX — A Mi'kmaq community is further delaying plans for a lobster harvest that was set to start this week off southwestern Nova Scotia, saying the band will have to set up its own security to protect its traps. Chief Mike
Fisheries Department invites Mi’kmaq, scientists to discuss lobster conservation
HALIFAX — Ottawa has set up a roundtable of Indigenous representatives, scientists and commercial fishers to discuss lobster conservation as Mi'kmaq fishers prepare for a return to a summer harvest off southwestern Nova Scotia.The Federal Fisheries Dep...
Fisheries Department invites Mi’kmaq, scientists to discuss lobster conservation
HALIFAX — Ottawa has set up a roundtable of Indigenous representatives, scientists and commercial fishers to discuss lobster conservation as Mi'kmaq fishers prepare for a return to a summer harvest off southwestern Nova Scotia.The Federal Fisheries Dep...
Right whale protection: conservation group calls for mandatory speed limits for ships
HALIFAX — A conservation group trying to prevent ships from striking endangered whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence says new satellite data indicates that vessels transiting the Cabot Strait are routinely ignoring voluntary speed limits. Oceana Canada ...
N.S. Mi’kmaq to start season with scaled-down plans for fishery in St. Marys Bay
INDIAN BROOK, N.S. — A Mi'kmaq community is scaling back plans for a lobster harvest in southwestern Nova Scotia next week after Ottawa threatened to pull traps that aren't licensed by the Fisheries Department.Sipekne'katik Chief Mike Sack told reporte...
N.S. Mi’kmaq fisher says his movements are being watched and his traps seized by DFO
ST. PETER'S — A Mi'kmaq fisher in Cape Breton is the latest Indigenous fisher to suggest Ottawa appears intent on removing any First Nation's lobster traps that aren't approved by the federal Fisheries Department. Craig Doucette, a lobster fisher from ...
Focus on helping right whales survive, not assigning blame: Canadian official
HALIFAX — A Canada-U.S. spat over who is responsible for the recent death of a critically endangered right whale has prompted a senior Canadian official to suggest there's got to be a better way of settling such disputes. Adam Burns, a
U.N. committee to consider racism complaint of N.S. Mi’kmaq fishers against Ottawa
HALIFAX — A United Nations committee on racial discrimination is asking the federal government to respond to allegations it committed racist actions in its treatment of Mi'kmaq lobster fishers in Nova Scotia. The April 30 letter of notice from the Comm...