Bay Of Fundy

• Harnessing the Bay of Fundy: New platform has turbines like a boat’s outboard motor

  Dartmouth, N.S.-based Sustainable Marine Energy started testing a smaller but similar catamaran-style platform near Brier Island in 2018.

  Canada

  Feb 1
• RCMP calls off search for sunken scallop dragger in the Bay of Fundy

  Officials have said the boat is too far underwater for police divers to descend and recover any bodies on board.

  Canada

  Jan 23
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• 63 tonnes of ‘ghost gear’ removed from Atlantic Ocean in 2020: Fisheries Department

  Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan said today in a news release that most of the so-called "ghost gear" collected were traps and pots from lobster and crab fishing.

  Canada

  Jan 7
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• A painful wait for mother of Nova Scotia scallop fisher lost at sea

  As of Sunday at 4 p.m. AT, crewman Michael Drake is the only one of the six people on board whose body has been recovered by search teams.

  Canada

  Dec 20, 2020
• RCMP suspends search for fishers missing off the N.S. coast due to incoming storm

  The body of one man was recovered late Tuesday, but the search continued Wednesday for five other men as ground search crews said they were seeking closure for the families.

  Canada

  Dec 17, 2020
• Scallop dragger sinking: Another wave of grief hits Nova Scotia

  Locals say the tide was much higher than average on Monday night, which made the stormy conditions and waves on the bay Tuesday more dangerous.

  Canada

  Dec 16, 2020
• Searchers find body of crew member from scallop boat missing in Bay of Fundy

  Officials have now identified the missing scallop boat as the Chief William Saulis and said 6 crew members are on board.

  Canada

  Dec 15, 2020
• Nova Scotia project receives $4M from federal government to produce clean tidal energy

  'The turbines would withstand the Fundy tide and operate without endangering marine life.'

  Environment

  Sep 9, 2020
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• Nova Scotia selects company to remove Cape Sharp turbine, fill empty berth

  Large scale commercial efforts have so far failed to harness the power of the Bay of Fundy. BigMoon Canada is hoping to buck that trend.

  Tech

  Sep 2, 2020
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• Ottawa imposes new rules to protect fragile population of right whales

  Officials say the changes are needed to deal with the fact that the whales' movements in Canadian waters have become difficult to predict.

  Environment

  Feb 27, 2020