Fishing Industry

• 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
  
• ‘Major damage’: East Coast fishing industry feeling impact from post tropical storm

  Major damage to fishing boats and small-craft harbours has been reported in Nova Scotia's eastern mainland, Cape Breton, P.E.I. and southwestern Newfoundland.

  Canada

  Sep 30, 2022
  
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• New fisheries report raises hope for Indigenous communities, but angers industry

  There are concerns the report titled 'Peace on the Water' is stoking anger in communities where lobster is a livelihood.

  Canada

  Jul 19, 2022
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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
• Audit finds Canada’s fisheries in decline, says response lacks urgency

  A new report urges Ottawa to finalize regulations setting timelines and targets for rebuilding critically depleted stocks,

  Economy

  Nov 13, 2019
• ‘It’s not fair’: Sport fishers take to the water to protest Chinook closure

  "Here we are stuck, unable to fish," said Island Outfitters Co-Owner Darren Wright. "It's not fair."

  Jul 15, 2019
• Increased northern cod quota could slow species’ recovery: conservationist

  The commercial cod fishery, essential to Newfoundland and Labrador's fishing industry, collapsed and was placed under a moratorium in 1992, throwing thousands out of work and sparking protests.

  Environment

  Jun 27, 2019
• Inside the cultural shift in commercial fishing, one of Canada’s deadliest industries

  Every day on the open ocean brings with it life-threatening risks. But as the industry embraces safety measures, can those threats come to an end?

  Health

  Apr 28, 2019
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• American fishermen file 4th climate lawsuit naming Encana

  A major Calgary-based energy company is facing its fourth lawsuit in U.S. courts over climate change.

  Environment

  Nov 15, 2018
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• Fisheries minister meeting with fishing industry, scientists to discuss right whale protections

  The federal fisheries minister is meeting with fishermen, fishing industry representatives and marine scientists today to talk about measures aimed at protecting endangered North Atlantic right whales.

  Environment

  Oct 23, 2018