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…
Canada’s Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Coast Guard Joyce Murray has announced that this year’s total allowable catch (TAC) for the snow crab fishery in the southern Gulf of…
Since 1994, Canada and France (in respect of Saint Pierre and Miquelon) have co-managed fish stocks, including cod in the 3Ps zone off the south coast of Newfoundland and Labrador.…