Category Archives: Fisheries
B.C., Quebec shipyards each get new icebreaker, Liberals accused of electioneering
OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is adding a second heavy icebreaker to its plans for the Canadian Coast Guard, a move that will boost the shipbuilding industry in two key provinces for the Liberals — and which could come at
First Nations on Vancouver Island celebrate B.C. Court of Appeal fisheries ruling
VANCOUVER — Canada must remedy problems in commercial fishery regulations arising from a legal battle that was first launched in 2003 by a group of Vancouver Island First Nations, the British Columbia Court of Appeal has ruled. While there is no
‘Starting point:’ Quebec First Nation signs five-year fisheries agreement with Ottawa
POINTE-À-LA-CROIX, Que. — An Indigenous community in eastern Quebec has signed a five-year agreement with Ottawa to develop a collaborative approach to governing the band's fisheries. The federal Fisheries Department issued a statement Sunday saying th...
Court orders minister to rethink stocking fish farms in B.C.’s Discovery Islands
OTTAWA — A Federal Court judge has suspended a ban on restocking three fish farms in British Columbia's Discovery Islands. Justice Peter George Pamel says in an April 5 decision that Mowi Canada West and Saltstream will suffer real and irreparable
Court orders minister to rethink stocking fish farms in B.C.’s Discovery Islands
OTTAWA — A Federal Court judge has suspended a ban on restocking three fish farms in British Columbia's Discovery Islands. Justice Peter George Pamel says in an April 5 decision that Mowi Canada West and Saltstream will suffer real and irreparable
Canada-U.S. dispute emerges over right whale killed by entanglement with fishing gear
HALIFAX — Canadian officials are challenging a draft report from their American colleagues that alleges fishing gear from Canada is to blame for the entanglement of a North Atlantic right whale found dead off South Carolina. Fisheries and Oceans Canada...
Canada-U.S. dispute emerges over right whale killed by entanglement with fishing gear
HALIFAX — Canadian officials are challenging a draft report from their American colleagues that alleges fishing gear from Canada is to blame for the entanglement of a North Atlantic right whale found dead off South Carolina. Fisheries and Oceans Canada...
Canada-U.S. dispute emerges over right whale killed by entanglement with fishing gear
HALIFAX — Canadian officials are challenging American allegations that fishing gear from Canada is to blame for the entanglement of a North Atlantic right whale found dead off South Carolina. Fisheries and Oceans Canada issued a statement Wednesday say...
B.C. conservation officers find invasive mussel in aquarium moss in retail stores
VICTORIA — For years, British Columbia conservation officers have been checking boats coming into the province for invasive zebra mussels, but now it turns out they're coming through local pet stores. The B.C. government says conservation officers ins...
Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq chiefs say Ottawa’s new fisheries plan unacceptable
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s Mi’kmaq chiefs say Ottawa's new plan to regulate Indigenous moderate livelihood fisheries is an attempt by government to control something that isn't under its mandate. Chief Gerald B. Toney of the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kma...