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Salmon Farming Could Grow Atlantic Canada’s GDP by One Per Cent by 2035

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A new aquaculture industry report calls for policy changes to unlock investment, create jobs and produce more Canadian food. The Atlantic Canadian salmon farming industry...

DFO Maritimes Region Summer Ecosystem Survey Longest Running of its Kind

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The 2026 DFO Maritimes Region Summer Ecosystem Survey of the Scotian Shelf, Bay of Fundy and eastern Gulf of Maine was the 57th consecutive...

P.E.I. Oyster Industry Working Through the Rebuilding Process

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More than 100 applications have been approved through the Oyster Aquaculture Transition (OAT) Fund to help Prince Edward Island oyster farmers with increased costs...

DFO Initiates Etching Technique in FSC Lobster Fishery

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Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has a new tool in its enforcement belt, meant to protect the integrity of the food, social and ceremonial...

Another Whale of a Season in N.L.

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There was no shortage of humpback whale entanglements off Newfoundland this summer. “We were busy for a while, May, June and July. In the north...

Evolution of N.L. Fishery Remembered

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From the days when the Newfoundland and Labrador commercial fishery was thought of as an industry of last resort to its present-day status as...

20 Years of Ocean Observation

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The Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland’s Centre for Applied Ocean Technology (CTec) is marking 20 years since the first deployment...

DFO Launches Tougher Transfer Enforcement on Inshore Fishing Regulations

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Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) recently announced it is taking additional steps to protect Atlantic Canada and Québec’s $3-billion annual inshore fishery, as it...

Live Lobster Association of Nova Scotia Formed

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A new lobster industry association in Nova Scotia is working to try and find answers on how best to tackle issues that have been...

Changes Coming for Management Measures in the Lobster Fishery?

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While there are no changes on the immediate horizon to management measures for lobster fishing areas (LFAs) in the Maritimes, reports are being considered...

Fall Lobster Seasons Getting Ready to Open

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Lobster fishing area (LFA) 35 along the Nova Scotia coastline leads the way for fall commercial lobster seasons opening in the Bay of Fundy...

N.L. Area 7 Northern Shrimp Fishery Reopened

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After being under moratorium since 2015, the commercial Northern shrimp fishery in shrimp fishing area (SFA) 7, off the coast of southeastern Newfoundland and...
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