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2021 Aquaculture Performance Showed a Return to Form From Pandemic Levels
Near the end of 2022, Statistics Canada released a final update for Canadian aquaculture in 2021, highlighting a large increase in sales, price and production from the previous year. This major uptick is mostly due to a steady recovery of...

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Taxpayers Invest in Stock Rebuilding, so They Should See the Benefits: Researcher Claims
Jennifer Silver, an associate professor at the University of Guelph, says that attention to socioeconomics needs to be considered by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) alongside economic and biological impacts when rebuilding fish stocks. “Some fisheries, both in...

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DFO Pledges Additional Funds for Ghost Gear Cleanup in Spring 2023
Above: Photo courtesy of Clean Harbours Initiative The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has been funding industry members to retrieve lost fishing gear as part of their Ghost Gear Fund since 2020 and has recently added funding in response...
