ANNONCER
The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, today announced that an arrangement on new market access between Canada and China has been reached, opening up a significant new market for Canadian seal products. The cooperative arrangement will allow all Canadian seal products to be exported to China, including meat and oil for human consumption effective immediately.
DFO’s role in the current halibut catch mess creates havoc when it gives away allowable catch to commercial fishermen.
Four Vancouver Island will now benefits from fifty-two new federal aquaculture jobs, says a report.
Truro commercial fishermen are now looking for lucrative means of earning by setting oyster farms.
A severe southeaster storm has damaged lobster fishing gear in southwestern Nova Scotia.
The commercial lobster season in lobster fishing areas (LFAs) 33 & 34 has started this week.
The 2010 annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) officially closed on Saturday, November 27, in Paris, France. Delegates from 48 Contracting Parties, including Canada, worked through ten days of difficult and important negotiations to strengthen the conservation of Atlantic bluefin tuna and other species under the organization’s responsibility.
Canada’s shipbuilding industry was contracted to design new Canadian coast guard vessels, says a report.
Government of Canada has signed new international measures to fight illegal fishing, says a press communiqué.
Canadian government has announced its decision to dedicate new coast guard vessels in remembrances of war heroes.