Oceans North Welcomes Action on Marine and Freshwater Environments in Canada’s New Nature Strategy
June 13, 2024 “The ocean and the species that inhabit them are essential to life everywhere,” says Susanna Fuller, Vice President of Conservation and Projects at Oceans North. “Canada’s Nature…
Commercial fishers worried about fishing out of season – Majority of members have little trust in the government to make good policy decisions for the commercial fishery
Press Release SHEDIAC, NB, June 11, 2024 – A new survey of over 1,000 commercial fishers led by the Coalition of Atlantic and Quebec Fishing Organizations in cooperation with the Unified…
Canada to host the 2nd International Fishing Gear Innovation Summit in 2025
Press Release From: Fisheries and Oceans Canada June 7, 2024 Ottawa, Ontario – The oceans are at the heart of our way of life – they are a source of…
Existing legal tools failing to protect Canada’s marine ecosystems from underwater noise: WWF-Canada
Press Release June 7, 2024, TORONTO – The legal tools Canada has at its disposal to tackle underwater noise aren’t working. With some parts of the ocean already 100 times…
CICE Invests in the Future of Ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal
Press Release VANCOUVER, BC, June 7, 2024 – The B.C. Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE) is harnessing British Columbia’s vast coastline and ocean science expertise to invest in pilots…
Boosting Gaspésie’s Blue Economy: Minister Lebouthillier launches a lobster data collection plan in collaboration with First Nations and industry
Press Release From: Fisheries and Oceans Canada June 6, 2024 Gaspé (Quebec) – In the context of climate change and the resulting warming of the oceans, it is more important…
Governor General of Canada and Indigenous Representatives to Discuss Miramichi River Salmon Conservation and Research Activities
Press Release OTTAWA, Ontario—Their Excellencies the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, and Mr. Whit Fraser will undertake their first official visit to New Brunswick from June 4 to 7, 2024.…
Oceana Canada Calls for Increased Ocean Conservation Funding Ahead of World Oceans Day, Highlights New Canadian Leadership
Press Release June 5, 2024 Toronto, the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnaabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat Peoples – Ahead of World Oceans…
Industry, Government, and Community Leaders Unite to Advocate for Marine Electrification Opportunities in Atlantic Canada
Press Release June 4, 2024 HALIFAX—Today, Oceans North convened leaders from the marine industry, government, utilities, private operators, and Indigenous communities at the H2O Conference in Halifax to address challenges…
Oceana Canada to DFO: Failure to Rebuild – Keeping the Capelin Fishery Open Continues Decades of Mismanagement
Press Release June 4, 2024 Halifax, NS, Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People – Today, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) announced that it will continue to…
