Responsibility
PEI’s climate change adaptation strategy aims to make seafood more resilient
PEI’s new Seafood Sector Climate Change Adaptation Strategy focuses on building resilience in the seafood industry through targeted actions.
Intelligence
Nova Scotia establishes compliance unit to tackle illegal seafood activity
Nova Scotia launches a compliance unit with new penalties, audits and enforcement tools to target illegal seafood activity.
Fisheries
Canada lifts 30-year cod fishing ban off Newfoundland and Labrador to mixed reactions
Canada has lifted a 30-year fishing ban on Northern cod in Atlantic Canada, aiming to rebuild the fishery amid concerns about cod recovery.
Responsibility
‘Building towards abundance’: How Indigenous-owned Clearwater Seafoods is reshaping Canada’s seafood industry
The Mi’kmaq Coalition’s 50 percent acquisition of Clearwater Seafoods is transforming Canada’s seafood industry and promoting responsible fisheries.
Fisheries
Canada funds new technology for snow crab vessels
Government funding will help nine snow crab companies in New Brunswick install refrigerated seawater systems in their vessels.
Intelligence
As ‘unprecedented’ wildfires burn across Canada, Nova Scotia seafood sector feels the heat
With wildfires raging across Canada, Nova Scotia's seafood industry faces lobster fishing, aquaculture and supply chain disruptions.
Fisheries
Maritime Canada’s lobster population is strong. So why are scientists worried?
The lobster population in Canada’s Maritime region falls within the healthy zone, but scientists worry about the effects of climate change.
Intelligence
Is $100 million enough to help Atlantic Canada’s seafood industry recover from Hurricane Fiona?
Hurricane Fiona damaged critical infrastructure and gear, leaving fishing and aquaculture operations in Atlantic Canada struggling to stay afloat.
Intelligence
Hurricane Fiona was a ‘historic, extreme event’ for Atlantic Canada – and hit the seafood sector hard
As the clean-up from Hurricane Fiona begins, Atlantic Canada communities survey the damage caused to fisheries and aquaculture operations.