Land: Canada

The Northwest Atlantic Canadian longline and harpoon swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

Fishermen’s association writes to N.S premier and fisheries minister seeking help in obtaining snow crab quota.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) today announced a sentence imposed

Members of the Committee for Sustainable and Viable Lobster Communities have managed to get an appointment with provincial Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Ron Chisholm for about an hour.

Government of Canada and Province of Newfoundland and Labrador joins hand with Cooke Aquaculture to invest in a cod demonstration farm on Newfoundland’s South Coast.

After incidents between rivals in 2008 fishermen are hoping for peace on the water in N.B. lobster industry for the first time in a long time.

Fisheries magazine announced the 2009 Eastern Canadian Fisheries Exposition for the benefit of the industry.

Fishermen predict that farming in Nova Scotia can be very risky due to rise in pollution off Port Mouton Bay.

Halibut fishermen have written a letter to the Honorable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, on giving away halibut TAC from them.

The Atlantic lobster industry got a helping hand from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to promote lobster sales.