Fisheries & Oceans

Sewage outflow caused by heavy rains has forced the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to close part of the West River to shellfishing.

Should fisheries be closed during breeding time to allow stocks to reach more sustainable levels?

On Saturday, Aug. 28 in Long Branch, one person will stand high above the rest.

If there were such a thing as GQ Jr. or Esquire for Kids — a young-dude analogue for magazines like Seventeen or Teen Vogue — it might be something like “Takers,” a primer in juvenile, aspirational cool for guys who might not be able to handle the suavity of the “Oceans 11” franchise or the leathery angst of “The Expendables.”

The ocean salmon fisheries remain fairly good for a mix of chinook and hatchery coho, and the Buoy-10 fishery at the Columbia River mouth remains fair to very good.

SARNIA, ONTARIO --(Marketwire - Aug. 26, 2010) - The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, today announced the completion of a week-long environmental response training session led by the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) in the Hamlet of Resolute Bay, Nunavut. The training, which began August 19, 2010, focused on safety and emergency response techniques in the event of a tanker fuel ...

Federal fisheries officers are investigating an alleged case of shark mutilation in Bay Roberts, eastern Newfoundland.

Iceland's fisheries minister slammed as "preposterous" Thursday European Union allegations that it was overfishing mackerel and a threat of sanctions.

Scottish fisheries minister Richard Lochhead says "if Iceland don't get their act together then they may pay the consequences" in fishing quota dispute

Japan's fisheries agency said the country is planning to host a rally for pro-whaling nations to build support for lifting a decades-old ban on commercial whale hunts.

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A unique 'natural laboratory' in the Mediterranean Sea is revealing the effects of rising carbon dioxide levels on life in the oceans. The results show a bleak future for marine life as ocean acidity rises, and suggest that similar lowering of ocean pH levels may have been responsible for massive extinctions in the past.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada announced that effective August 23 at 12:01 a.m., until 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, September 15, the daily limit for sockeye salmon has been decrease to one per day, from two per day in the mainstem waters of the Skeena River from the mouth upstream to a point immediately above the confluence with the Babine River.

Should fisheries be closed during breeding time to allow stocks to reach more sustainable levels?

I wanted to bring home one thing from our week at the beach: a perfect sand dollar.

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - 08/24/10) - STATEMENT BY GAIL SHEA MINISTER OF FISHERIES AND OCEANS The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, today issued the following statement: 2010 is turning out to be a banner year for Fraser River sockeye salmon, with this year's return currently set at just over 25 million fish, one of the highest returns in the last hundred years ...

Facing one of the most complex rescue operations ever attempted, Chile is looking to space and the ocean depths for survival tips to help 33 miners endure months underground awaiting rescue.

Two projects funded by Fisheries and Oceans Canada target two of the most contentious issues in the aquaculture industry sea lice treatment and closed containment pens.

Google has updated its Google Earth application for the Android platform to include the world's oceans.