Environment
Eastern Canyons Marine Refuge Established
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...
Are Right Whales Impacting Consumer Lobster Purchases?
As a few innovative Nova Scotia companies forge ahead with efforts to develop new ropeless fishing technologies, the presence of right whales...
Fundian Channel-Browns Bank MPA Committee Starts Work
An advisory committee tasked with looking into the potential designation of the Fundian Channel-Browns Bank Area of Interest (AOI) as a Marine...
Ghost Gear Fund Supporting 11 Projects in Atlantic Canada
From manufacturing plastic lumber out of discarded fishing rope and nets, to retrieving lost gear from the fishing grounds, 11 projects are...
Gear Innovation Summit Explores Options for Whale-Safe Fishing Gear
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...
Water Temperature Worries Heating Up
In its August editorial, the Atlantic Fisherman dealt
with the perceived correlation between warming ocean water temperatures and
more frequent and harsher storms.
Government Committee Releases Report on Climate Change Impacts to Lobster and Snow Crab
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and
Oceans recently released a report related to its study of the migration of
lobster and...
Poor Weather Hampers Spring Lobster Fishery in Southwest Nova Scotia
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...
MPAs Continue to be Works in Progress
Without a doubt, Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) will be a hot topic in 2019.
The clock is ticking down to the 2020 deadline and commitment...
Panel Recommending Bottom Trawling be Prohibited in MPAs
Bottom trawling should be on the list of prohibited industrial activities in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), says the National Advisory Panel on Marine Protected...