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Capelin: One of the Most Important Fish in the Ocean

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Growing up in the 1940s–1950s, we used capelin as a bait for fishing cod, for fertilizer for our gardens, salted and dried them to...

A Letter to the Commander in Chief

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Dear Donald, My name is Osborne Burke and I am a proud Canadian citizen and a resident of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. There has...

Look to the Past to Save the Future

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In 1992, the late Cabot Martin was President of the Newfoundland Inshore Fisheries Association and I was the organization’s Vice President. At the time, I...

N.L. Minister Defends Decision to End the Cod Moratorium and Allow Offshore Draggers Back in

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In the 1980s, I spent 10 years fishing out of Makkovik, Labrador, where the catch was mostly cod and a by-catch of turbot. For years...

Why the NAFO Excuse is Invalid

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Liberal MPs Kowtow Party Line After Breaking Historical Agreement on Northern Cod Gudie Hutchings was recently asked at an unrelated media event why the federal...

Lifting of Cod Moratorium Flies in the Face of Federal Fisheries Policy

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On June 26, 2024, the Federal Fisheries Minister made an announcement of biblical proportions. “The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian...

Cod Will Return if We Allow it

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George Rose, a former scientist with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) in Newfoundland and Labrador, was in the news recently talking about...

Enterprise Ownership Rules Need to Change

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The photo below is of my old fishing premises at Tizzard’s Harbour, where my father, grandfather and previous generations of forefathers fished for centuries. The...

A Responsible Plan for B.C. Salmon Farming

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The following letter was recently sent to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau   Dear Prime Minister: We understand that there are important discussions taking place on the future...

What Happened to our Wild Atlantic Salmon?

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Wild Atlantic salmon have been in the news lately and rightly so. As a boy going to school in Lushes Bight, Notre Dame Bay, I...

A History of the Gulf Redfish Fishery

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“The rebound of redfish stocks is a true success story and shows how conservation efforts are critical to maintaining fisheries,” quoted former federal Fisheries...

ENGOs Don’t Deserve Stakeholder Status at Fisheries Management Tables

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The primary objective of environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) is protect fish stocks — but that actually translates to them advocating for the end of...
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