commercial fishing

• Prospect area mackerel fishermen demand answers after lucrative season halted by DFO

  According to the fishermen, the mackerel are moving east and if they can't get an answer on the quota soon, they stand to lose a lot of money.

  Canada

  May 19
• Commercial fishers seek intervener status in lawsuit over Indigenous fishing rights

  The Mi'kmaq say provincial regulations limiting the purchase of fish products harvested outside the federally regulated fishing season infringe on their treaty rights.

  Consumer

  Feb 22
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• B.C.’s billion-dollar sport fishing sector hopes local anglers can keep them afloat

  With about 30 per cent of bookings coming from out of province, it's one of the province's many tourism-dependent businesses that has been hit hard by the pandemic.

  May 31, 2020
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• Quebec First Nation challenging commercial lobster fishing limits

  Chief Darcy Gray said the federal Fisheries Department has refused to say why it won't grant the band a commercial licence for the fall season.

  Consumer

  Sep 24, 2019
• Canada ratifies deal to prevent commercial fishing in High Arctic 

  No commercial fishing currently takes place in the High Arctic, but fish stocks are shifting and fishers and scientists have wondered what the northernmost seas on the planet hold.

  Canada

  May 29, 2019
• Fishing changes coming to Lake Winnipeg to help restore fish population

  The Manitoba government announced Monday that it hopes to restore Lake Winnipeg's supply of fish by implementing a number of new measures.

  Environment

  May 7, 2019
• ‘He died trying to provide for us’: Day of Mourning a sombre reminder of workplace safety

  "If you're not safe at work, then what are you coming home to? If you're not even able to come home."

  Canada

  Apr 26, 2019
• Fisheries and Oceans takes action to stem Fraser River chinook salmon decline

  As a result, big changes are coming for this year's fishing season.

  Environment

  Apr 16, 2019
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• Record number of fishing industry deaths, employee fatigue highlight 2018 TSB safety watchlist

  The Transporation Safety Board has released its 2018 watchlist that highlights key issues that the board say requires government and industry attention in order to make the nation's "transportation system even safer."

  Canada

  Oct 29, 2018
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• Safety board says commercial fishermen should be required to wear life-jackets

  The TSB says the capsizing of a fishing boat that claimed the lives of two men serves as another example of why fishermen should be required to wear life-jackets

  Canada

  Jul 26, 2017