Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Mike Kelloway (Cape Breton-Canso, N.S.) announced that Hastings Painting Corp. was awarded the contract to refurbish the Louisbourg Lighthouse in Nova Scotia. The work will cost approximately $1.3 million. The full release is available online. Contact Jeremy.Collard@dfo-mpo.gc.ca.
The Government of Canada and the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador announced funding support for 147 projects through the Atlantic Fisheries Fund. The funding—a total contribution of $25,327,448—will help modernize equipment and improve quality, productivity, and sustainability in the Newfoundland and Labrador fish and seafood sector. The full release is available online. Contact Jeremy.Collard@dfo-mpo.gc.ca.
This is why the Government of Canada and the Province of New Brunswick announced funding support to the Association des Crabiers Acadiens Inc. (ACA) through the Atlantic Fisheries Fund (AFF). The funding—with a total value of $2,823,946—will help carry out extensive testing of whale safe snow crab fishing using alternative gear and acoustic technologies. The total … Read more
The Government of Canada and the Province of New Brunswick announced funding for a new technology for snow crab vessels in New Brunswick, through the Atlantic Fisheries Fund. The funding, with a total value of $670,073, will help nine snow crab companies install refrigerated seawater systems in their vessels. The full release is available online. Contact jeremy.collard@dfo-mpo.gc.ca.
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Diane Lebouthillier (Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Que.) and her Greenlandic counterpart, the Minister of Agriculture, Self-Sufficiency, Energy and Environment, Kalistat Lund, signed a Letter of Intent for Cooperation on the Pikialasorsuaq on the margins of the Arctic Circle Assembly, in Reykjavik, Iceland. The Letter of Intent will allow for the … Read more
Fishery officers from Fisheries and Oceans Canada successfully completed their first Canadian-led high seas patrol to detect and deter illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing in the North-Pacific, a region critical to implementing Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy and upholding its international obligations. The mission, known as Operation North Pacific Guard, is an annual, multi-national effort to coordinate fisheries enforcement … Read more
On Sept. 21, Hollow Water First Nation members celebrated the official opening of a new and much needed small craft harbour for their community on eastern Lake Winnipeg. Chief Larry Barker spoke of the importance of this new infrastructure, which improves access to the community’s fish processing plant and provides safer docking for vessels. The harbour … Read more
Recent investigations by fishery officers with Fisheries and Oceans Canada into the Boundary Bay commercial crab fleet have resulted in several convictions in Surrey Provincial Court. Four vessel masters received fines and forfeitures totalling over $287,000. One captain also received a first-ever fishing prohibition. The full release is available online. Call 604-666-1746.
Fishery officers are closely monitoring lobster fishing in Southwest Nova Scotia and addressing unauthorized activity. Since July 17, fishery officers have seized 655 traps in Lobster Fishing Areas 33 and 34. On Sept.7 and 10, fishery officers made arrests for infractions of the Fisheries Act, in addition to the arrests and seizure of lobster in Moncton … Read more
Collective monitoring efforts in New Brunswick led to the sighting of live zebra mussels along a hydroelectric dam in Edmundston, N.B., on the Madawaska River. DFO confirmed that the specimens collected at the dam by the Société d’aménagement de la rivière Madawaska in late August 2023 are Zebra Mussels. This marks the first confirmed observation of this aquatic invasive … Read more
