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A device used by researchers with Fisheries and Oceans Canada appears to have been the victim of an attack by a great white shark.

A group of First Nations has filed a lawsuit over a massive hydroelectric dam proposed in northeastern British Columbia, arguing the project would have a devastating impact on their traditional land.

By Tuesday, Oct. 22, a plan was in place to save the animal, whose health was quickly deteriorating due to malnutrition and the severity of the entanglement.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada says two tugboats successfully towed the Dutch ship that had been blocking traffic in the St. Lawrence Seaway.

The male shark is approximately 13.5 feet and a scientist was able to confirm the species by tooth shape and the shape of the tail fin.

The Cheam and Sqwá First Nations say they discovered the fish kill in the Hope Slough on Monday while members were conducting routine water sampling.

It's been another dry year in Alberta, but some Brazeau County residents argue the evaporation of a beloved creek is the work of oil and gas industry greed — not Mother Nature.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says basking sharks were abundant in many areas off B.C. but over the years their numbers in the area have declined.

Nova Scotia's Liberal party is promising to establish a public inquiry into illegal fishing if the party is elected to govern on Nov. 26.

A group of international marine scientists say human behaviour still poses a significant threat to the critically endangered species.

A campaign between Aug. 23 and 25 led to inspections of 451 vehicles carrying watercraft, and a total of 153 had improperly cleaned or drained equipment.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada said the humpback named Smoke was trailing more than 50 metres of line and gear and it took the rescue team several hours to find and free the whale.

A Vancouver-based film company and its drone operator have been fined a total of $30,000 for operating a drone too close to northern resident killer whales.

Set to premiere next year, the film "111" is a production that follows the stories of four people in the aftermath of the Sept. 2, 1998 Swissair crash near Peggy’s Cove, N.S.

The pups, dubbed Tofino and Luna, were rescued from islands near Tofino earlier this summer after being abandoned by their mothers.

The owner of a commercial halibut vessel received more than $33,000 in fines for fishing in a marine protected area unique to the waters of the Pacific Northwest.

The Ecology Action Centre says swordfish harpooning has become difficult and less economically viable because swordfish are appearing less often at the water's surface.

Several flood and high wind warnings are still in effect as Hurricane Helene, now a post-tropical cyclone, is expected to hover over the Tennessee Valley on Saturday.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada says the department has been working for more than two weeks to disentangle the young animal, which was first spotted on June 22 off the coast of N.B..

The Nova Scotia government confirmed today that Occurrent, formerly BigMoon Power, is filing for insolvency because it can't pay its bills.