P.E.I. snow crab fishers are facing a big cut in how much they can catch in 2025, with the federal…
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Another battle over lucrative juvenile eel fishery lands in court
A group of companies with licences to fish for highly lucrative juvenile eels along Maritime rivers turned once again to…
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Fish harvester says possible tariffs leave N.L.’s fishery with a lot of uncertainty
Lee Melindy has been a fish harvester with his father’s enterprise since 1996. (Troy Turner/CBC) A pause in the tariff…
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Revisiting Georges Bank moratorium goes against ‘good political management,’ says fishery rep
Premier Tim Houston’s musings about revisiting the petroleum development moratorium for Georges Bank was met with forceful opposition from an…
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Sipekne’katik claims ‘significant progress’ in talks with Ottawa over controversial N.S. lobster fishery
The First Nation at the centre of a highly contentious out-of-season lobster fishery in southwest Nova Scotia says mediation with…
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DFO poised to shake up fishery for tiny eels in ‘devastating’ blow to licence holders
The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans is poised to impose a major shakeup on the lucrative but problem-plagued Maritime…
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