Fisheries Department

• Canadian government modifies North Atlantic right whale protection measures for 2021

  Canada announced it will still close fishing areas when right whales are present but authorities plan to step up surveillance to determine whether the whales remain.

  Environment

  Feb 18
• 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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• Fisheries Department to spend $2.3 million on cleanup at Nova Scotia harbour

  The Fisheries Department said it is building a system to extract the pollutant from the soil and groundwater located close to Kraut Point Small Craft Harbour in Riverport, N.S.

  Canada

  Jan 4
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• Trouble brewing ahead of start to Nova Scotia fall lobster season: Indigenous leader

  Chief Mike Sack says the seizures by Fisheries Department officers have undermined negotiations with Ottawa aimed at establishing a moderate livelihood fishery.

  Canada

  Nov 26, 2020
• Sipekne’katik First Nation suspends lobster fishery after endangered whales spotted

  In a news release issued Wednesday, Chief Mike Sack says band council took the action "with conservation as our foremost concern."

  Canada

  Nov 25, 2020
• Cod stock off south N.L. coast is at critical levels, says Fisheries Department

  The study, conducted in early November by the federal Fisheries Department, estimates the cod population in the area will likely remain in the critical zone until 2023.

  Environment

  Nov 20, 2020
• ‘Not so good’: Ocean organizations targets Canadian fishery management in audit

  Oceana Canada released an audit that found healthy fish stocks are in decline.

  Canada

  Nov 17, 2020
• Mi’kmaq harvesters in N.S. propose joint federal-Indigenous study on lobster stocks

  Sipekne'katik First Nation said Friday the Mi'kmaw Conservation Group was willing to team up with federal biologists.

  Canada

  Oct 9, 2020
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• Mi’kmaw lobster fishery in Nova Scotia grows to 10 boats

  When the fishery began on Sept. 17, there were seven vessels with 50 traps each, for a total of 350 traps.

  Environment

  Sep 28, 2020
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• Conservation group criticizes northern cod quota as ‘irresponsible’

  The federal Fisheries Department set the catch limit last week for northern cod at a maximum 12,350 tonnes, the same amount as 2019 when the quota was increased by 30 per cent.

  Environment

  Jul 13, 2020