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Canada

Newfoundland fish harvesters crash news conference to demand reinstating of cod moratorium

Fish harvesters in Newfoundland crashed the podium at a meeting of Canada’s environment ministers in St. John’s on Wednesday, demanding a meeting…

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Canada

Increase to northern cod allocation ‘slap in the face’ to harvesters, FFAW president says

FFAW leader Greg Pretty blasted the federal government’s announcement that touted the end of the cod moratorium in Newfoundland and…

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Canada

Lobster harvesters in Atlantic Canada to vote on increasing minimum legal size this year

Fishermen in Canada’s biggest lobster fishing district will vote this spring on whether to increase the minimum legal size of…

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Canada

Fish harvesters reach deal with N.L. government to allow catch to be sold to outside buyers

John Efford Jr. fought back tears as he announced the news to hundreds of fish harvesters standing before him —…

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Canada

Police clash with fish harvesters as protest intensifies on budget day in N.L.

Pushing and shoving broke out Wednesday morning at a protest outside Confederation Building in St. John’s, where fish harvesters are blocking…

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Nova Scotia

Clearwater Seafoods loses redfish quota as other Indigenous harvesters gain

Indigenous-owned Clearwater Seafoods is on the losing side of the redfish quota cut handed to the Atlantic Canadian offshore fleet by…

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Nova Scotia

Lobster harvesters in southwest N.S. say deal with Indigenous groups is being abused

Lobster harvester associations in southwest Nova Scotia have withdrawn support for an arrangement that authorizes four First Nations in the…

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Nova Scotia

More than 50 Indigenous fish harvesters in the Maritimes face charges or on trial

Three years after a First Nation started a self-regulated lobster fishery that sparked protests and violence in Nova Scotia, federal…

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