News
Overall Northern Shrimp Stock Showing Signs of Life
The Northern shrimp stock off Newfoundland’s northeast coast appears to be holding its own, including the all-important shrimp fishing area (SFA) 6. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) held a technical briefing recently regarding the 2021 Northern shrimp stock...
Overall Northern Shrimp Stock Showing Signs of Life
Featured, News
Moderate Livelihood Fishery Concerns Continue
All eyes are on the federal government going into the end of the commercial lobster season in southwestern Nova Scotia this year, to see if Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan is good on her word. In a statement issued by Jordan...
Moderate Livelihood Fishery Concerns Continue
Editor's Notebook, Editorial
PIIFCAF and Politics
As the famous Scottish poet Robbie Burns once penned, “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” 2020 might go down as one of the strangest years ever, but 2021 is already trying it’s best to give...
PIIFCAF and Politics
Column, Twine Loft
The Twine Loft - April 2021
Passed On: Eugene Francis – Yarmouth, N.S. fisherman
Francis, 48, formerly of Milton, Queens County, was lost at sea on December 15, 2020, when the vessel he was on, the Chief William Saulis, sank off DeLap’s Cove, Digby County. His...
The Twine Loft - April 2021
Featured, Tribute
Henry Vokey: Man of a Thousand Boats
Henry Vokey was truly a legend in his own time. He was a quiet, unassuming and humble family man who grew up in the small fishing village of Little Harbour, Trinity Bay — certainly not the kind of person we...
Henry Vokey: Man of a Thousand Boats
