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Investment for New Brunswick fishing community – The community of North Head on Grand Manan Island in north-east Canada is welcoming a significant federal investment that will benefit the local economy. Coastal communities across Canada ...
Canada embarks on North Atlantic Right Whale study. Quebec Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, and Member of Parliament for Avignon-La Mitis-Matane-Matapédia, Rémi Massé wished a science team from Fisheries ...
Canada surpasses marine conservation targets. Canada has announced that it has surpassed its marine conservation target of 10 percent protection of marine and coastal areas. This significant achievement was reached through considerable collaborative efforts with ...
Canadian fishing harbour investment. The Government of Canada is investing in improvements to the Wade’s Landing harbour on the south side of Lake Nipissing. Once this project is complete, the harbour will be transferred to ...
Steelhead trout marketing partnership. The We’koqma’q First Nation (a Canadian rural community in the province of Nova Scotia ) has announced it is partnering with Cooke Aquaculture Inc. on the sales and marketing of its ...
Newfoundland fishers express concern over church proposal. The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) has serious concerns over a proposal by the Anglican Cathedral of St. John the Baptist to construct ...
New land based organisation in Americas. Due to strong global growth in the land based segment, AKVA group is pleased to announce the formation of AKVA group Land Based Americas. AKVA group Land based has ...
Gael Force establish Canadian Base. Gael Force Group have established a base in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador, to serve aquaculture producers in the province and across Atlantic Canada with their high quality and robust ...
Canada invests in fishing harbour improvements. The Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, and the Member of Parliament for Miramichi — Grand Lake, Pat Finnigan, have announced that the Government ...
No safe haven for illegal fishing with Canada’s ratification of the Port State Measures Agreement. Every year, an estimated 26 million tonnes of caught fish is unaccounted for. This illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) ...
Three day operation to remove ghost gear in Gulf of St. Lawrence underway. As part of Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s and Canadian Coast Guard efforts to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale, fishery officers ...
EU and Canada marine partnership agreement. The EU and Canada have concluded a partnership agreement, which includes clear commitments to combating the negative effects of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fisheries, marine pollution and climate ...
Canada moves to protect steelhead trout. Steelhead trout, an iconic British Columbia fish, have been in significant decline during recent years. The Thompson and Chilcotin Steelhead runs in particular have reached critically low levels. The ...
Canada’s freshwater fisheries must reform to remain competitive. The Canadian Government has released a report on the way forward for the long-term economic viability of the country’s freshwater fisheries. The Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation (FFMC) ...
Sustainability progress made by Canadian fish retailers. Seafood Progress – Canada’s online resource for tracking major food retailers’ sustainable seafood commitments – has just released an update that highlights what has changed in the past year. ...
New Seafood Accelerator Programme for Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia seafood companies will be able to improve current products, create new ones and look at new export markets through a new Seafood Accelerator Programme. Fisheries and ...
Aquaculture consortium goes with the flow on environmental monitoring. A transatlantic research partnership is developing a new tool which could help the aquaculture industry more accurately understand its impact on the environment and support its ...
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