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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...

Testing the Waters for Green Crab Commercialization in N.L.

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The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) is evaluating expressions of interest received this fall for a European green crab test case in the...

Safety is the Most Important Catch

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The emphasis is on safety as thousands of fishers gear up for the opening of the southwestern Nova Scotia commercial lobster fishery, scheduled for...

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...

Gander Airport Cold Storage and Live Seafood Holding Facility Nearing Completion

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Construction is nearing completion on a 27,000-square-foot cold storage and live seafood holding facility at the Gander International Airport in Central Newfoundland. “We’re targeting substantial...

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...

LFA 33-34 Getting Ready to Open

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Uncertainty was in the air as lobster fishermen in lobster fishing areas (LFAs) 33 and 34 were prepping for the scheduled opening of the...

Record Breaking Year at Wedgeport Tuna Tournament

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Youth anglers reeled in two, record-setting catches during the 22nd annual Wedgeport Tuna Tournament on Aug. 15 to 22. Thirteen-year-old Délynn Jacquard, fishing aboard the...

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...

DFO Reporting a Typical NARW Season

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There was no shortage of fishing grid closures in the Gulf of St. Lawrence this summer season to protect the endangered North Atlantic right...

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...
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