fisheries

Nova Scotia

N.S. fisheries minister says feds not taking illegal fishing seriously

Nova Scotia’s fisheries minister left a meeting Thursday with his federal counterpart feeling “frustrated and disappointed” at what he says…

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Nova Scotia

N.S. judge upholds fisheries minister’s right to impose licence moratorium

A Supreme Court of Nova Scotia judge has rejected an attempt by a Meteghan lobster processor to have the courts…

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Nova Scotia

N.S. fisheries minister renews call to his federal counterpart for help on illegal fishing

Nova Scotia’s fisheries and aquaculture minister says his federal counterpart’s silence in response to calls for action against illegal fishing…

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Politics

Federal fisheries minister ignored DFO advice by reopening commercial cod fishery

Federal Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier ignored the advice of staff within her department when she reopened the commercial cod fishery off…

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Canada

Invasive fish species dumped in Manitoba water bodies disrupting ‘very delicate’ ecosystems: fisheries manager

Along the banks of Hunt Lake in the south of Whiteshell Provincial Park, the largemouth bass stalks in the water, threatening…

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Nova Scotia

Fisheries minister announces external review of Mi’kmaw fishermen’s case

Two Mi’kmaw fishermen who were dropped off in the middle of nowhere in rural Nova Scotia in their sock feet on a…

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Nova Scotia

Fisheries officers seize $250K worth of baby eels at Dartmouth facility

The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans says officers seized 60 kilograms of baby eels worth at least $250,000 last…

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Nova Scotia

Mi’kmaw fisheries manager, environmentalist appointed to international tuna quota agency

Canada has appointed a veteran Mi’kmaw fisheries manager to the international agency that sets quotas for commercial species of tuna…

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Halifax

Study including Dal researchers finds strategies that can help make fisheries sustainable

Researchers from Dalhousie University and other institutions have published a new study that looks at what strategies can help create…

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Halifax

Fisheries and Oceans Canada seeks $133 million more for First Nations access

Fisheries and Oceans Canada wants an additional $133 million on top of the $56 million budgeted and spent on Indigenous…

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