DFO

• Federal government extends closure of baby eel fishery in the Maritimes

  Officials also say the department will initiate a “comprehensive review” of the elver fishery in order to ensure its long-term stable management and the conservation of the stock.

  Environment

  May 30
  
• Gaspereau fishers in N.S. voluntarily close early to protect fish stocks

  Canada's oldest regulated fishery has ended its season early in a move to conserve Gaspereau fish. Before the voluntary closure last Friday, more than 1.6 million fish were caught.

  Environment

  May 23
  
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• Elver fishing season halted, Maritime fishers say Ottawa not doing enough to protect industry

  The order prohibiting fishing signed by the fisheries minister on Saturday says there's been a significant amount of people fishing for eel 'outside the authorized fishery.'

  Canada

  Apr 17
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• DFO shuts down lucrative baby eel fishery in Maritimes amid poaching, safety concerns

  Fisheries and Oceans Canada says the elver fishery in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick is closed for 45 days amid growing concerns of illegal poaching and violence.

  Canada

  Apr 15
• Man ‘assaulted with a pipe’ in dispute over baby eel fishing: N.S. RCMP

  Elvers, or baby eels, are sold to fish farms in Asia, where they are grown to market size. It's a lucrative fishing industry that has been marred by controversy.

  Crime

  Apr 13
• Federal decision to shut down B.C. salmon farms prompts company court challenge

  The farms off B.C.'s coast have been a major flashpoint with environmental groups and some First Nations saying the farms are linked to disease that transfers to wild salmon.

  Environment

  Mar 21
• DFO slaps 3 B.C. men with combined $113K in illegal fishing fines

  Fisheries and Oceans Canada announced more than $100,000 in fines against three men for separate illegal fishing incidents dating back to 2018.

  Environment

  Mar 17
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada seize hundreds of illegal, ghost traps near White Rock, B.C.

  Crews collect the traps using a line and grapple hook, which is thrown over the side of a patrol boat, then dragged across the ocean floor.

  Environment

  Jan 28
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• Ottawa aims to reduce size of salmon fishing industry by buying licences

  Jeff Grout, a salmon resource manager with Fisheries, says about 1,300 licences are eligible for the program, which will buy them at market rate and take them out of circulation.

  Environment

  Dec 14, 2022
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• Opening days delayed for Canada’s largest and most lucrative lobster fisheries

  Normally, the season launches on the last Monday in November for the two areas, but the Fisheries Department changed the rules to allow for delays due to weather and safety issues.

  Canada

  Nov 28, 2022