Six-year sentence for BC poacher
A British Columbia fisherman with a history of violations behind him has been slammed with a six-year prison sentence after being found guilty earlier this year on multiple counts related…
Heavy fine for fishing in protected zone
The skipper of a commercial vessel fishing for halibut near Bella Bella in British Columbia has been handed a hefty fine for operating fishing vessel Gypsy Soul in a Glass…
Faroe Islands, February 2005
©Quentin Bates/ FNI
07/05
BC heads for transition from open net-pen salmon aquaculture
The Government of Canada plans to ban open net-pen salmon aquaculture in British Columbia coastal waters by 30th June 2029, as announced by Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian…
BC processor fined for undersized crab
A routine inspection of commercial seafood processing plants by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) fishery officers a year ago has resulted in a fine of $40,000. Tenshi Seafood Limited was…
Faroe Islands, February 2005
©Quentin Bates/ FNI
07/05
Planned transition from open-net pen salmon farming in BC
Canadian Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Joyce Murray has launched a discussion framework which outlines a proposed vision for transition from open-net pen aquaculture in British…
