ANNONCER
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Hunter Tootoo, has announced that the Government of Canada is about to invest $289 million in small craft harbours across the country in 2016 – 2017.
When Stéphan Huard from Gaspésie in Québec was looking for a new boat, he went all the way to Audacious Marine in England for one of its Cougar Catamarans.
Just as fears surface of Atlantic cod as a whole becoming branded unsustainable by the US government, in spite of the existence of numerous cod stocks that are in excellent condition, Canadian P3 cod has been MSC certified and recognised as meeting the criteria for sustainable fisheries.
The sale of Quin-Sea Fisheries to Royal Greenland has been approved by the government of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Fish Processing Licensing Board recommended that the take-over could go ahead and this has been accepted by Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Steve Crocker.
Three fishermen were issued significant fines and prohibition orders after pleading guilty in the Antigonish Provincial Court in Canada to a total of 27 charges related to violations committed under both catch-and-release and commercial bluefin tuna licences issued by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO).
Canadian company Osprey is building its third factory trawler to a design from Norwegian naval architect Skipsteknisk. The ST-118 design is tailored for activities in areas of sea ice off eastern Canada.
Morgère will be promoting its successful Exocet trawl doors at Fish Canada/Workboat Canada 2016 in Moncton, New Brunswick, on the 22nd-23rd of January.
Canadian processing company Quin-Sea Fisheries has been bought by Royal Greenland in a deal that sees a majority shareholding acquired to begin with, and the entire shareholding will be transferred to Royal Greenland in the coming years.
An objection has been submitted over the Final Determination Report by Intertek Moody Marine (IMM) that concluded 13 of 14 units of certification in the independent, third party assessment of the Alaska salmon fishery meet the Marine Stewardship Council standard for a sustainable and well-managed fishery.
Newfound Pioneer returned to Bay Roberts Newfoundland eight hours under 17 days after they had left for the fishing grounds. They used three days of sailing each way so they were on the fishing grounds for less than 11 days. The total catch was 482 tons, of which only 23 tons were small industrial shrimps.