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Caitlin Birdsall said that on Monday, staff on BC Ferries did see a deceased whale in the water and it was recovered by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada says a surveillance flight spotted the whale on Oct. 21 between New Brunswick's Acadian Peninsula, P.E.I. and Quebec's Îles-de-la-Madeleine.

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.

A portion of the North Atlantic right whale population, which is estimated to be approximately 384 whales, gathers to feed in the Shediac Valley each summer. 

Swordfish are not uncommon in Canadian waters, but typically found further south in tropical environments. Scientists presume there have only been two other sightings in B.C.

It was a blustery day on the Dartmouth, N.S. waterfront as the federal government announced a $100 million investment to advance offshore wind development in Nova Scotia.

A dolphin shipped out of Marineland has died in Spain, making it the fifth animal from the closed Niagara Falls, Ont., tourist attraction to die.

The operation included officers with the DFO, the Canadian Coast Guard and a handful of international partners and they told Global News they found numerous fishing violations.

A fourth whale that was moved out of Marineland in July has died after struggling with its health after arriving at her new home in Chicago, Shedd Aquarium said Monday.

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The Spanish aquarium took in Jelly Bean and another beluga named Cleopatra in late August from the shuttered theme park in Niagara Falls, Ont., along with four bottlenose dolphins.

Federal fisheries officials have seized more than $170,000 worth of halibut after a captain was allegedly found fishing in a protected area in Nova Scotia.

The closed Niagara Falls, Ont., tourist attraction is up for sale and the park has said it is running out of money and can no longer care for its animals.

The vote is taking place in three ridings across the country, one in B.C., another in Ontario and a third in Quebec following the resignations of their MPs. 

“It was never certain if this species would actually go extinct or recover,” said Jared Towers from the Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Cetacean Research Program.

The whales are expected to be moved from Marineland in Ontario and transported to Shedd Aquarium in Chicago and SeaWorld in San Antonio.

The 18-year-old man admitted that he repeatedly kicked at the sea lion, which was peacefully sitting on the sea wall in La Jolla Cove.

The dredging work near the Second Narrows Bridge would allow oil tankers travelling to Trans Mountain's Burnaby terminal to carry more oil.

Fish and chip shops in the Maritimes are shouldering the burden as haddock prices skyrocket in the region. 

The First Nation has long argued that it has a treaty right to commercially fish for lobster without federal permits based on the Peace and Friendship Treaties of 1760-61.