Atlantic Fisherman

After the usual winter lull in the LFA 33–34 lobster fishery, by late March/early April the countdown will be on to the May 31...

Bruce Atkinson Builder, Clark’s Harbour, N.S. Bruce Atkinson was born in 1931 in Clark’s Harbour, Nova Scotia. He was the third of eight children and a...

For the first time in more than five years, a North Atlantic right whale entanglement has been confirmed to be connected to Canada’s lobster...

The Eastern Georges Bank haddock quota has been cut by more than two-thirds in 2023, with a 2,320-tonne TAC (total allowable catch) set by...

The 35th edition of the Eastern Canadian Fisheries Exposition wrapped up a successful two-day event at Yarmouth’s Mariners Centre on January 21. Presented in partnership...

With an increased demand in China and a shore price that fishermen can live with, January was a little bit brighter than the opening...

In a year of rising costs, supply chain interruptions, weaker export markets and cataclysmic weather, Steve Craig remained positive about the resilience of his...

The opening month of the lobster fishery in southwestern Nova Scotia has been a perfect storm of decreased landings, markets and prices and foul...

Michael Moore, the Director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Marine Mammal Center, has spent a large portion of his career taking North...

An opening shore price of $6 to $7/pound in lobster fishing area (LFA) 35 in the Bay of Fundy, which opened on October 14,...