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Nova Scotia

Fishers want ‘incredibly important’ Georges Bank protected against offshore wind development

As Nova Scotia rushes to establish an offshore wind industry, some fishers are calling for explicit protection for the rich…

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Nova Scotia

DFO warns Canadian fishers about participating in French halibut fishery

The federal government is warning Canadian fishers that they could face penalties up to the loss of licences if they…

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Nova Scotia

Mi’kmaw fishers say DFO officers left them to walk for hours at night after seizing boots, phones

Two Mi’kmaw elver fishermen say they were forced to walk in sock feet for hours along a rural Nova Scotia…

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Nova Scotia

Climate change leading to obstruction of Cape Breton harbours, fishers say

Fishery officials in northern Cape Breton say the increasing need for harbour dredging is a clear sign that climate change…

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Nova Scotia

Maritime elver fishery closure penalizes legal fishers, committee hears

Legal elver fishers are the only ones being penalized by the federal government’s decision to shut down the Maritime fishery,…

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Nova Scotia

For traditional Mi’kmaw adult eel fishers, it’s not about the money

Mi’kmaw fishermen thrust a rake-like spear deep into a hole cut in the ice on a river in Antigonish, N.S.,…

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Nova Scotia

Wolastoqey fishers say proposed elver fishery shutdown infringes on treaty rights

Some Wolastoqey fishers say closure of the fishery for baby eels, or elvers, this year will infringe on their treaty rights and impact…

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Tech

Meet the magnet fishers pulling treasure from the Detroit River

There’s plenty of history, some treasures and a whole lot of junk at the bottom of the Detroit River —…

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