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GNB: Seafood exports reach all-time high
10 March 2022 FREDERICTON (GNB) – New Brunswick exported more than $2.2 billion in seafood products to more than 70 countries around the world last year, setting a new sales record. This was bolstered by $1.2 billion in lobster sales, the province’s top-exported seafood product. “To see an increase of $800 million in seafood exports […]
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Canada considers quota cut on commercial baby eel fishery to increase Mi’kmaw access – CBC
Mar 07, 2022 DFO cancelled negotiations to buy out commercial licence holders The federal government is considering cutting the commercial elver quota by 14 per cent this year to increase Mi’kmaw access to the lucrative Maritime fishery for baby eels. Ottawa has cancelled negotiations to buy out commercial licence holders. The bargaining was an attempt […]
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Canada’s Ocean Supercluster Announces $10.5M Coastal Incident Management System (CIMS) Project
Today, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster announced five new projects with a total value of nearly $29 million, including the Coastal Incident Management System (CIMS) Project. This BC-led project will provide coastal, Indigenous, and remote communities a cost-effective rapid response package, including a mobile command, control and communications system, data analysis tool and mobile incident platform for […]
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Nunatsiavut Government: 2022 Commercial Fishery Applications
The 2022 Commercial Fishery Applications are now available at the Nunatsiavut Government offices in Upper Lake Melville and Nunatsiavut. All applications and required documents must be completed and submitted to the Fisheries Specialist by February 28 at 4:30pm Atlantic time. For additional instructions, please see application form. For further information, please contact: Todd Broomfield, Director […]
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Broad agreement across Maritimes that fishing rules should apply to all
HALIFAX, NS – Recent public opinion research conducted on behalf of the Unified Fisheries Conservation Alliance (UFCA) by Narrative Research found broad agreement among Maritimers that fisheries regulations and commercial fishing seasons have been established with both conservation and sustainability in mind and need to be applied to all. “We are encouraged to see our […]
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UFCA granted intervenor status in Sipekne’katik First Nations case against Attorney General of Canada
HALIFAX, NS –The Unified Fisheries Conservation Alliance (UFCA) has obtained intervenor status in the most recent Notice of Application brought forth by Chief Michael Sack and members of Sipekne’katik First Nation against the Attorney General of Canada challenging the regulation and enforcement of Indigenous fishing activities. This is the fourth court case in which the […]
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Category B lobster licence holders still facing 50-year-old punishment
HALIFAX, NS, Nov. 4, 2021 – Not many people can withstand the grueling conditions of lobster fishing. Even less can imagine continuing to lobster fish well into the age of 80. However, this is the reality for a group of aging fishers across the Maritimes, many of which have deteriorating health and continue to work […]
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UFCA granted intervenor status in legal challenge
HALIFAX, NS – Earlier today, the Nova Scotia Supreme Court granted the Unified Fisheries Conservation Alliance (UFCA) intervenor status in the Potlotek First Nation court case challenging regulations that govern the sale of fish and fish products in Nova Scotia. This is the second successful outcome for the UFCA, who earlier this fall, achieved intervener […]
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Prince Edward Island looks at new opportunities with the resurgence of redfish
Oct 22 2021 The provincial Department of Fisheries and Communities continues to closely follow the resurgence of the redfish stock in an area of the Gulf of St Lawrence known as Unit 1. The PEI groundfish industry has been actively involved in the current experimental quota fishery collecting additional science data for Department of Fisheries […]
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New DFO agreement with four Mi’kmaq bands to fish within season a new step to increase commercial fisheries
Coalition calls for formal discussions on future of fishery SHEDIAC, NB, Oct. 15, 2021 – Albeit no specific details are being released about the new fishery, the Coalition of Atlantic and Quebec Fishing Organizations recognizes a new agreement between the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and four local Mi’kmaq bands around the St-Mary’s Bay Area […]
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