According to a report released by Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Great Lakes Fishery Commission grass Carp, one of four Asian carp species, has arrived in the Great Lakes basin. The report – Binational Ecological Risk Assessment of Grass Carp for the Great Lakes Basin – concluded that the ecological consequences of Grass Carp in most areas … Read more
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.) has announced three new collaborative research projects, designed to improve our knowledge of the aquatic species populations that are harvested in Quebec. The projects announced are: $27,000 will be invested in a research project on the Gulf of St. Lawrence redfish to better understand … Read more
The Canadian Coast Guard, Central and Arctic Region, and Quebec’s ministère de la Sécurité publique, would like to remind residents that it may be dangerous to venture out onto the ice on the St. Lawrence River. The recent mild weather coupled with today’s high winds, have weakened the pack ice in many locations between Montréal and … Read more
A major investigation by Fisheries and Oceans Canada Conservation and Protection fishery officers halted the illegal sale of Dungeness crab and spot prawn to Yat Ming Enterprises Ltd. in March 2014. On July 22, 2016, the Honourable Judge St. Pierre accepted a guilty plea by lawyers for the company in Vancouver Provincial Court and handed down … Read more
The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) Central and Arctic Region, wishes to warn residents that it may be dangerous to venture out onto the ice at this time due to a warming trend over the past few days. Noticeable splits and cracks have occurred in the ice along the shoreline in the area of Sainte-Angèle-de-Laval and … Read more
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.) made the following statement regarding the vessel ARCA 1: “On January 8, a small tanker, the ARCA 1, ran aground just north of Sydney, Nova Scotia. It was en route to Sydney for repairs and was not carrying any cargo when the incident occurred. The Canadian … Read more
Fisheries and Oceans Canada announced that Andrew Yip and Yu Ye were fined a total of $6,500 for fishing in a West Vancouver Marine Park closed year-round to all harvesting of marine life to preserve its unique underwater habitat. On Dec. 15, 2016, Judge Douglas E. Moss accepted a guilty plea from both men. The … Read more
The seasonal stations in Shippagan, N.B., Summerside, P.E.I., and Souris, P.E.I., are closed for the season due to an early presence of ice in the harbours. The vessels from the seasonal search and rescue stations cannot operate in the ice-covered waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The seasonal stations will resume operations in April. The … Read more
Liberal MP Rémi Massé (Avignon–La Mitis–Matane–Matapédia, Que.) announced in Rimouski that a $1.65 million dollar contract has been awarded to the Rimouski-based company Multi-Électronique to design and develop four automated oceanographic buoys. The four new automated oceanographic buoys will independently collect temperature and salinity profiles without human intervention. They will also record a range of oceanographic … Read more
Canada is taking action to protect marine biodiversity, ecosystem function and special natural features by proposing St. Anns Bank in Nova Scotia as a Marine Protected Area under Canada’s Oceans Act. Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.) announced the launch of a 45-day public consultation period that ends January 31, 2017, … Read more
