Roseway Basin

• Ottawa says N.S. coast clear of right whales and greenlights start to lobster season

  Earlier this week, Fisheries Department officials suspended the lobster season after right whales were detected off the southwest coast of Nova Scotia.

  Canada

  Nov 27, 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
  
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• Ottawa to close fisheries after endangered right whales detected off N.S. coast

  Ottawa says starting Thursday evening, fisheries operating within certain sections of the Roseway Basin must close until further notice.

  Canada

  Nov 24, 2020
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• Some whale rescues suspended by DFO following fisherman’s death

  The move comes a day after an American agency said it was halting efforts to free large whales.

  Canada

  Jul 13, 2017