fishery

Nova Scotia

Sipekne’katik First Nation fishers say treaty elver fishery is ‘a peaceful thing’

As the 2025 commercial elver season kicks off in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Mi’kmaw fishers from Sipekne’katik First Nation…

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Nova Scotia

Sipekne’katik man charged with assaulting fishery officer in HRM

Assault Charge Laid Against Sipekne’katik Man After Fishery Officer Struck by Car A Sipekne’katik man is facing an assault charge…

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Nova Scotia

Another battle over lucrative juvenile eel fishery lands in court

A consortium of companies holding licenses to fish for valuable juvenile eels in Maritime rivers has once again turned to…

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Nova Scotia

Revisiting Georges Bank moratorium goes against ‘good political management,’ says fishery rep

Premier Tim Houston’s recent comments about potentially revisiting the petroleum development moratorium for Georges Bank have sparked intense opposition from…

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Nova Scotia

Sipekne’katik claims ‘significant progress’ in talks with Ottawa over controversial N.S. lobster fishery

The ongoing dispute over the out-of-season lobster fishery in southwest Nova Scotia involving the Sipekne’katik First Nation and the federal…

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Nova Scotia

Concerns raised about enforcement in baby eel fishery if licences redistributed

Fishermen in the Maritimes are expressing concerns about the potential impact of a proposal to increase the number of licensed…

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Nova Scotia

DFO poised to shake up fishery for tiny eels in ‘devastating’ blow to licence holders

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is making significant changes to the Maritime fishery for juvenile eels, aiming to address…

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Nova Scotia

About 1,450 lobster boats to head out on Day 1 of Canada’s largest lobster fishery

Fishers Prepare for Lobster Fishing Season in Southern Nova Scotia Approximately 1,450 boats in Canada’s largest lobster fishery are gearing…

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Tech

How whirling disease in B.C. could threaten a lucrative fishery

Marie Veillard stands at the edge of the vast Kootenay River in Kootenay National Park. She’s checking on a group…

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Canada

Ottawa shirked own guidelines when it reopened commercial cod fishery, say scientists

Fisheries scientists say the federal government ignored its own guidelines when it hiked cod quotas off the northern and eastern…

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