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N.L. Seafood Industry Pivoting in Face of Tariff Threats

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In response to potential tariffs by the United States, the government of Newfoundland and Labrador has teamed up with local industries to ease the...

Help Wanted at AbleSailNL

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AbleSail Newfoundland and Labrador is looking for a host of volunteers to keep its program afloat. AbleSailNL is a volunteer-led program that facilitates recreational and...

Revitalizing the Hector 252 Years Later

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In 1773, 189 Scottish immigrants were carried to Nova Scotia by the Hector. 252 years later, a full-sized replica of the historic vessel is...

N.S. Author Tells the Tale of the World’s Most Famous Lobster

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Southwest Nova Scotia author Pam Wamback has brought a local maritime celebrity to the world of children’s fiction with her new book Lucy the...

2025: The Year of Free Enterprise in N.L., says Minister

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After a year of upheavals in the fishery, Newfoundland and Labrador’s Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture Minister Gerry Byrne thinks 2025 will be a year...

Clifford Small’s Conservative Strategy on Fish

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Newfoundland and Labrador Member of Parliament and Shadow Fisheries Minister Clifford Small gave The Navigator his take on how Canada’s fisheries should be governed. As...

NAIA Thanks N.L. Politicians While Condemning NGOs

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The Newfoundland Aquaculture Industry Association (NAIA) has penned an open letter of gratitude to local politicians and condemnation for environmental non-governmental organizations. The letter comes...

FFAW Calls for Transparency in FRC Board Appointment Procedures

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The Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW) has called on the Fish Harvesters’ Resource Centre (FRC) to operate with higher levels of transparency. The...

Tariffs Might Just Be the Beginning

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Stand around any water cooler, dinner table or bar in Canada right now and the chances are high the prevailing conversation will circle back...

Remembering Vernon Petten: A Man We Should All Strive to Be Like

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Vernon Petten of Port de Grave, N.L. passed away at 90 on January 17, 2025, leaving behind a legacy as a dedicated fisherman, master...

Lobster Catch Rates Surge in N.L.

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The Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW) has noted a drastic increase in lobsters around Newfoundland and Labrador in 2024 and said processing...

Crab to Decline on Grand Banks While Cod Resurges, Says Study

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Studies by two Atlantic Canadian universities on snow crab on Newfoundland and Labrador’s Grand Banks spell trouble for the species in the coming century. Memorial...
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