Department of Fisheries and Oceans

• ‘Best season in my lifetime’: B.C. salmon returns strong, Indigenous fisherman says

  A Indigenous B.C. fisherman says this year's salmon run is the biggest he's seen in more than 40 years and the department of fisheries and oceans confirms strong returns.

  Environment

  Aug 10
  
• Moderate livelihood fishery launched by First Nation in Cape Breton

  We'koqma'q is now the sixth First Nation to come to an agreement for moderate livelihood fishing in N.S., along Potlotek, Pictou Landing, Acadia, Bear River and Annapolis Valley.

  Canada

  May 24
  
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• Right whale spotted in Canadian waters for the first time in 2022

  The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says one whale was spotted by surveillance aircraft in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, north of Les Iles-de-la-Madeleine, Que., on Tuesday.

  Environment

  May 4
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• 2 more N.S. Mi’kmaq communities strike deals with Ottawa to set lobster traps

  Ottawa said it struck interim understandings with Bear River and Annapolis Valley First Nations that would allow fishers to set 70 traps per vessel and to legally sell their catch.

  Canada

  Oct 13, 2021
• Federal enforcement in N.S. fisheries dispute ‘political’: Mi’kmaw lawyer

  'We ask that any government officials here respect First Nations and their rights, not only today when I’m out on the boat, but every single day.'

  Canada

  Sep 20, 2021
• Humpback whale released from hundreds of metres of fishing line off Vancouver Island

  The Department of Fisheries and Oceans said fishery officers and the Marine Mammal Response Unit worked for more than four hours on Thursday to free the animal.

  Environment

  Jun 11, 2021
• Oil from vessel that sank in 1968 on Vancouver Island to be removed: Fisheries Dept.

  A technical assessment has found about 146 cubic metres of heavy fuel oil aboard the wrecked MV Schiedyk.

  Environment

  Jun 9, 2021
• Prospect-area mackerel fishermen haul nets in after DFO sets season quota

  DFO reduced the 2021 Atlantic mackerel quota by 50 per cent.

  Economy

  May 22, 2021
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• 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, 2021
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• N.S. Mi’kmaq fisher says his movements are being watched and his traps seized by DFO

  Officers with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans have seized about 40 of his lobster traps in St. Peter's Bay since May 10.

  Canada

  May 19, 2021