Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Sir Wilfrid Laurier has completed this year’s mission to detect and deter IUU fishing in the North-Pacific. Operation North Pacific Guard (Op.NPG), is an annual, multi-national effort…
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…
A shipment of 109kg of elvers about to be shipped out of the country have been intercepted at Toronto airport. The elvers seized at Toronto Pearson International Airport by officers…
Seaward Enterprises Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (SEA-NL) has told the Canadian government that the 2024 northern cod harvest should be increased – but under a continued inshore stewardship fishery…
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…
A 24-month major case investigation by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) into the halibut fishery in the Sambro area of Nova Scotia has been completed. This major investigation resulted in…
Recent investigations by fishery officers with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) into the Boundary Bay commercial crab fleet have resulted in several convictions. Four vessel masters received fines and forfeitures…
Canada’s Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Diane Lebouthillier – who took over her new role last month – has announced that a new commercial fishery for…
The Canadian government has approved $100 million in funding to support the immediate and urgent work currently being carried out on the recovery of lost fishing gear and repairs of…
With the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence fall herring stock judged to be in the cautious zone, Canada’s Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Joyce Murray has…