ANNONCER
The third trawler built to a Skipstekisk design for Canadian company MV Osprey Ltd is due to be named at the Tersan shipyard tomorrow.
Proposals from potential new entrants to Canada’s Arctic surf clam fishery have until 2nd November to submit ex
Baffin Fisheries has announced its intention to build a new trawler to fish halibut and shrimp in Arctic waters close to Nunavut. The planned 75m LOA by 17 metre beam trawler will have a 1200 tonne hold capacity and will be double the size of the largest vessel currently operating from Nunavut.
The Government of Canada is following through on its commitment to protect species at risk. Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Dominic LeBlanc has announced that twelve aquatic species are being proposed for listing under the Species at Risk Act, which already lists more than a hundred species.
The new Executioner, built at the Chantier Naval Forillon yard at Gaspé in Quebec has started its fishing career by taking its snow crab quota.
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).
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