Update: January 9, 2020 Yesterday's assessment update from DFO confirmed the worst - natural mortality, namely predation, is having grave effects on the south coast cod stock. Action must be taken before the impacts cannot be [...]
Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Canada: Aug 14, 2019 The sustainable management of Canadian fisheries is important to fish harvesters whose livelihoods are supported by the ocean. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) ensures that the [...]
Undergraduate 4th year student Jenn Wilkins at Memorial University's Ocean Sciences Centre in Logy Bay Newfoundland is studying seal teeth. It was during her course coastal archeology she discovered she could combine her love of history [...]
Press Release from FFAW | UNIFOR: June 13, 2019 Yesterday evening, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) announced the management plan for some groundfish species in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, including the total allowable [...]
April 5, 2019 We would like to bring sealer's attention to a notice we received from DFO today regarding the tagging of a few harp seals in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with satellite linked recorders [...]
NOTICE TO ALL SEALERS AND FISH HARVESTERS Seal Fishery Opening - April 9, 2019 DFO advises Newfoundland and Labrador Seal harvesters that the seal fishery will re-open in Sealing Areas 4 to 23 and Sealing [...]
CBC radio show The Broadcast travelled to Quebec City this week to showcase the incredible wide range of culinary dishes being served up at this year's Seal Fest 2019. The festival celebrates all things sealmeat and [...]
