In the wake of post-tropical storm Fiona, the Small Craft Harbours (SCH) program is reporting damage to 133 out of 180 harbours in Atlantic Canada and Eastern Québec.
According to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), of the 133...
A war zone.
That’s how some residents described the devastation at various coastal locations after post-tropical storm Fiona devastated several regions of Atlantic Canada on September 24.
After making landfall in Guysborough County around 3 a.m., Fiona tore through multiple provinces...
Almost 44,000 square kilometres of the North Atlantic along the Eastern Scotian Shelf has been established as a deep-water conservation area located offshore Nova Scotia.
The Eastern Canyons marine refuge is located approximately 70 kilometres east of Sable Island and...
As a few innovative Nova Scotia companies forge ahead with efforts to develop new ropeless fishing technologies, the presence of right whales continues to be a concern for area lobster fishermen and the industry in general.
An advisory committee tasked with looking into the potential designation of the Fundian Channel-Browns Bank Area of Interest (AOI) as a Marine Protected Area (MPA) under the Oceans Act has begun meeting.
The Fundian...
From manufacturing plastic lumber out of discarded fishing rope and nets, to retrieving lost gear from the fishing grounds, 11 projects are currently underway in Atlantic Canada to combat ocean pollution.
Two Nova Scotia...
Exploring options for whale-safe fishing gear and finding
innovative ways to prevent, retrieve and recycle lost or discarded fishing gear
was the focus of the two-day Gear Innovation Summit, hosted by the Department
of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) in Halifax...
In its August editorial, the Atlantic Fisherman dealt
with the perceived correlation between warming ocean water temperatures and
more frequent and harsher storms.
But more violent storms are the not only thing being
impacted by warming water...
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and
Oceans recently released a report related to its study of the migration of
lobster and snow crab in Atlantic Canada and the impact of climate change on
carapace size.
Fishermen in southwestern Nova Scotia were hoping for better
weather in May as the six-month lobster season in Lobster Fishing Areas (LFAs)
33 and 34 comes to a close.
Strong winds and rough seas continued to...