Category Archives: Fisheries
Whale families bring along calf on return trip to traditional feeding grounds in B.C.
ALERT BAY, B.C. — Two northern resident killer whale families brought along a baby as they returned for the first time in 20 years to their traditional winter foraging grounds in British Columbia waters. Jared Towers, a scientist with the Fisheries
Industry, local mayors say they weren’t consulted on B.C. fish farm phase out plan
VANCOUVER — Several Vancouver Island mayors and members of British Columbia's salmon farming industry say a federal decision to phase out fish farming has left them feeling "disposable and discarded."In an open letter to Fisheries Minister Bernadette J...
Traditional knowledge at centre of efforts to protect land from shipwreck’s fuel
BLIGH ISLAND — Not far from an oily sheen on the waters of British Columbia's Nootka Sound is a site that the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation considers the centre of the world. Dorothy Hunt, who is part of the environmental unit for
Fish farms to be phase in ‘migratory bottleneck’ for wild salmon by July 2022
The federal government says it's phasing out fish farms along a key wild salmon migration route in British Columbia waters within the next 18 months. Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan says 19 fish farms in the Discovery Islands near Campbell River ...
Nova Scotia lobster pound owner fined, sanctioned for buying Mi’kmaq ceremonial catch
HALIFAX — The owner of a lobster pound in Nova Scotia who was convicted of illegally selling lobster harvested by Mi'kmaq fishers has been fined and temporarily banned from working in the Nova Scotia industry.Judge Tim Landry on Monday fined
More arrests made in dispute over Indigenous lobster fishing in Nova Scotia: RCMP
MIDDLE WEST PUBNICO, N.S. — The Nova Scotia RCMP confirmed Friday the arrest of 21 people in recent weeks following a violent confrontation at a lobster pound at centre of a dispute over a self-regulated Indigenous fishery. "The arrests have been
Nova Scotia First Nation frustrated, ceases lobster fishery talks with feds
HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia First Nation says it is pulling out of talks with the federal Fisheries Department over its "moderate livelihood'' fishery. In a letter sent Wednesday to Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan, Sipekne’katik Chief Mike Sack says t...
Human activities, shipping, fishing, polluting, links to killer whale deaths: study
VICTORIA — A long-running study of more than 50 dead killer whales in the Pacific Ocean concludes human activities pose deadly threats to the orcas. Killer whale deaths from Alaska to British Columbia, south to California and west to Hawaii linked
Human activities, shipping, fishing, polluting, links to killer whale deaths: study
VICTORIA — A long-running study of more than 50 dead killer whales in the Pacific Ocean concludes human activities pose deadly threats to the orcas. Killer whale deaths from Alaska to British Columbia, south to California and west to Hawaii linked
Draft fishery deal possibly a ‘historic recognition’ of treaty rights: Mi’kmaq chief
A draft agreement between Ottawa and a Nova Scotia First nation over a "moderate livelihood" fishery has the potential to be a historic recognition of Mi'kmaq treaty rights, the community's chief said Sunday. Mike Sack of Sipekne'katik First Nation sai...