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Gail Harding

“We Lost Our Admiral, But We Are Staying On Course”

Fishing Industry Reflects on Life and Impact of Christian Brun Michel Richard’s voice was filled with emotion and pride as he spoke about Christian Brun,...

Fishing Industry Participants Working to Help Their Own

When Stewart Franck began working with the Fisheries Safety Association of Nova Scotia (FSANS), he said seeing a fisherman wearing a personal flotation device...

First Nations Family Receives Captain and Crew of the Year Honours

“We work as a team.” It’s a simple statement, but one each crew member of the Sea Predator repeats over and over when they talk...

Once a Farmer at Heart, Man Builds Family Fishing Enterprise

Pictured above: Members of the Ellis family: Kathyrn, Carolyn, Diane and Stephen. Stephen Ellis had planned to be a farmer. The youngest of 10, he wanted...

Recommendations for Fishing Vessel Regulations, Safety Slow to Change, Says TSB

Each year, fishermen lose their lives while working in the fishing industry in Atlantic Canada. Whether it be drownings, going overboard, boats sinking or being...

N.B. School of Fisheries Working to Improve Industry

The building the New Brunswick School of Fisheries calls home may look dated from the outside, but the work that goes on in inside...

New Technology May Help Determine Bluefin Tuna Stocks

Department of Fisheries and Oceans research scientist Dr. Gary Melvin is leading a study into determining how abundant bluefin tuna are in the Gulf...

N.B. Fishermen Take on Challenges of Herring Fishery

Billy Francis says when he was offered the chance to take part in another fishery, he couldn’t say no. But he adds it’s a fishery...

From Tragedy Comes Hope: Mother of Tabusintac Victim Taking up Cause of PFDs for Fishermen

It has been two years since Line Duvall lost her son to the ocean — two years that she has mourned and grieved, questioned...

N.B. Fishermen Seeing More Large Lobsters in Their Traps

Fishermen in Northeastern New Brunswick’s Lobster Fishing Area 23 were pleased with the extra bonuses they found in their traps at the end of...

Still on the Water

New Brunswick Fisherman Exchanges Lobsters for Tourists For three decades Ron Cormier sailed the waters in a 43-foot lobster boat making his living as a...

Organization Doing its Part to Promote Lobster Sustainability

The most successful projects usually find their start at the grassroots level. When the people and industry affected are part of the solution, then the...