A total of 12 boats carrying 101 participants took part in the 24th annual Yarmouth Shark Scramble from Aug. 17 to 20, landing a total of 35 blue sharks with a combined weight of 8,769 pounds.
The three largest blue...
A total of 200 tuna, including 11 bluefins, weighing a total of 19,053 pounds, were caught during the 18th annual Wedgeport Tuna Tournament and Festival from Aug. 20–27.
Sixteen fishing boats carrying 125 people participated in this year’s tournament, leaving...
The Yarmouth Shark Scramble was back on deck, COVID-19 style, for 2021, attracting 14 boats and 115 participants for the 23rd annual tournament that ran from Aug. 18 to 21.
Each boat was allowed...
There was a reunion of sorts at the Wedgeport Tuna
Tournament and Festival this year when an Atlantic bluefin tuna that was tagged
and released with a pop-up satellite archival tag by the Fin Seeker in
waters off Port Mouton...
Another successful Yarmouth Shark Scramble is in the books.
This year marked the 21st annual event for the popular
recreational fishing tournament. A total of 15 vessels carrying 116
participants competed in the scramble that ran...
At-sea data collection in the southwestern Nova Scotia
lobster fishery will be continuing next season, but gone will be the hail-out
requirement that was part of the program delivery last season.
“The decision to remove the...
Except for a rainy weigh-in, all was well with the 20th annual Yarmouth Shark Scramble, held Aug. 15 to 18, with 50 blue sharks being landed, more than 80 tagged and released and only 1.1 pounds difference between the...
A total of 37 tuna were landed during the 15th annual Wedgeport Tuna Tournament and Festival on Aug. 18–25, with a 680-pound bluefin caught by the captain (Cory Nickerson) and crew of Keepin’ Busy, topping the scale to win...
Herring larvae is the focus of an ichthyoplankton sampling project initiated last year by the industry-driven Herring Science Council and is already producing “interesting” results which will hopefully lead to a better understanding of the stocks in southwestern Nova...
An assistant professor at the Dalhousie Faculty of Agriculture in Truro has been named Canada Research Chair in Aquaculture and Nutrition.
Stefanie Columbo also received funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund as part of...