Gulf Of St. Lawrence

• Talks continue on catch limits before moratorium lifts on East Coast redfish fishery

  The department says fishery participants have until March 18 to submit additional comments before it makes decisions on such things as catch limits.

  Economy

  Mar 8
  
• Record-high temperatures in the Gulf of St. Lawrence affecting animal life, oceanographers say

  While humans can adapt to their environment by building or modifying a house, animals can only move in search of environments where they can thrive, one expert said.

  Canada

  Aug 17, 2023
  
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• ‘An extraordinary find’: Divers locate 7 shipwrecks off Quebec’s Îles-de-la-Madeleine

  Diver Jean-Simon Richard said the ships appear to be made of wood and are secured with brass nails, and with copper protecting the hull – all clues they date to the 1800s.

  Canada

  Aug 1, 2023
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• First sighting of right whales in Canadian waters triggers partial fishing closure

  The federal Fisheries Department says it has spotted endangered North Atlantic right whales in Canadian waters for the first time this year.

  Environment

  May 8, 2023
• Entangled North Atlantic Right Whale spotted off Shippagan, N.B.

  The federal Fisheries Department is watching for an entangled North Atlantic Right Whale in the Gulf of St. Lawrence near Shippagan, N.B. 

  Environment

  Aug 21, 2022
• Fall herring quota in southern Gulf of St. Lawrence cut by two thousand tonnes

  Efforts to assist the recovery of the herring stock in the gulf have been ongoing, with the total allowable catch reduced to 12,000 tonnes in 2020 and 2021.

  Canada

  Aug 20, 2022
• Entangled North Atlantic right whale Snow Cone spotted off New Brunswick, says DFO

  The federal Fisheries Department says the sighting occurred on Saturday morning in the Gulf of St. Lawrence between northern New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

  Environment

  Jul 26, 2022
• Fisheries Department says right whale entangled in southern Gulf of St. Lawrence

  The federal Fisheries Department says it's not clear what type of gear the whale is entangled in or where the gear came from.

  Environment

  Jul 5, 2022
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• One year closure of commercial cod fishery in northern Gulf of St. Lawrence

  The Fish, Food and Allied Workers union says it is deeply disappointed with the one-year closure and says it hurts a struggling region.

  Environment

  Jul 4, 2022
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• Entangled North Atlantic right whale spotted in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

  The sighting triggered a 15-day fishing closure in specific fishing grids in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence.

  Canada

  May 20, 2022