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Oceana Canada Urges Fisheries and Oceans Canada to Require Targets and Timelines for Fish Stocks Protection

Oceana Canada Urges Fisheries and Oceans Canada to Require Targets and Timelines for Fish Stocks Protection

by Shane Birley | Jan 15, 2021

On January 2nd, 2021, the Government of Canada proposed amendments to the Fishery Regulations in an effort to combat low fish stocks. In 2019 the federal government responded to Canada’s decades-long fishery crisis with amendments to the Fisheries Act that require...
Government of Canada and Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs announce partnership

Government of Canada and Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs announce partnership

by Shane Birley | Jun 30, 2020

The Government of Canada is working with Indigenous peoples to right the wrongs of our past and pave the way for a new relationship based on rights, respect, cooperation, and partnership. In that spirit, the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard,...

Right whale presence in Gulf of St. Lawrence leads to season-long fishing closures

by Shane Birley | Jun 2, 2020

The presence of North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence has led the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to close certain grid areas to fishing for the season.The effort is intended to protect the highly endangered right whales, which have...

Federal COVID-19 Indigenous business relief still leaves ‘critical gaps,’ says financial organization

by Shane Birley | May 8, 2020

A First Nations financial organization in the Atlantic region is voicing concern over the exclusion of band-owned, non-taxable businesses in federal financial relief programs during the COVID-19 pandemic.In April, the federal government announced $306.8...

Transformative change underway at Fisheries and Oceans Canada to advance reconciliation

by Shane Birley | Sep 11, 2019

A news release from the Government of Canada about how DFO is proceeding to advance reconciliation with First Nations across Canada. Ottawa, Ontario- The Government of Canada is committed to a renewed relationship with Indigenous peoples, based on the recognition of...

First Nation to resume fishery despite ongoing negotiations with DFO

by Shane Birley | Jun 26, 2019

A CTV article detailing Eel Ground First Nation resuming a treaty fishery for snow crab despite negotiations with DFO. FREDERICTON — The chief of the Eel Ground First Nation in northeastern New Brunswick says his members have resumed a treaty fishery for snow...
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