Fisheries and Oceans Canada Media Release November 9, 2022 The fishing industry has long been an important source of economic growth and development in Atlantic Canada, particularly in Indigenous and coastal communities. The Government of Canada [...]
The Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, chaired by Newfoundland and Labrador Senator Fabian Manning, is studying Canada’s seal populations and their effect on Canadian fisheries. In a motion on Oct. 4, Manning proposed the committee [...]
May 12-2022 Today, the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Joyce Murray, announced that the report from the Atlantic Seal Science Task Team is available online. You can download the PDF [...]
An enactment that requires the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans to develop a federal framework on the conservation of fish stocks and management of pinnipeds was put forward as a Private Members Bill to the House [...]
Because of their huge numbers in our ecosystem, there will be a harp seal population count around Newfoundland and Labrador this spring. Department of Fisheries and Oceans says this will be the first scientific count since 2012. DFO scientist [...]
The Canadian Sealers Association welcomes a recent report by internationally renowned scientist, wildlife expert and conservationist, Shane Mahoney, a Newfoundlander who with other research scientists helped publish "Seal Range State Policy and Management Review" which examines the facts surrounding [...]
