Fisheries

A survey estimates more than 1.8 million pieces of garbage are strewn over the bottom of the Bay of Fundy, prompting concerns about potential harm to marine life.

Significant changes could be coming to the way fisheries are managed in Canada, giving hope for the rebound of some species and the protection of others, says an ocean conservation group.

Fisheries officials have rescued eight seals from a small Newfoundland town that's been overrun by dozens of the blubbery mammals for over a week.

A group representing Gulf of St. Lawrence lobster fishermen says frustration is mounting after the federal government rejected its proposal for a shallow water exemption to fishery closures aimed at protecting endangered North Atlantic right whales.

The arrival of two endangered North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence has thrown several lucrative fisheries for a loop.

Northern cod stocks off Newfoundland suffered a steep decline over the last year, with Fisheries official finding the species has a lower survival rate and will likely continue to decease in the coming year.

Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc says granting the lucrative offshore licence to Five Nations Clam Co. will boost Indigenous participation in the industry and spread economic and social benefits across eastern Canada.

A new fisheries bill requires the minister to take “traditional knowledge of the Indigenous peoples of Canada” into account if it has been provided.

A mass bleaching of coral reefs worldwide is finally easing after three years, U.S. scientists announced on Mon. June 19, 2017.

It’s not often that I remember the number of a Parliamentary Bill. Bill C-38 is an exception – and most Canadians who care about nature, democracy and Indigenous rights will know this number too.

With the U.S. presidential election looming, Chrystia Freeland says she wants a new trade deal with Europe to showcase how strong trading relationships are better than building walls.

A leading ocean conservation group sounded an alarm over the state of Canada’s fishery Thursday in a new report that reveals that less than 25 per cent of the country’s fish stocks

The federal fisheries department is urging the new Liberal government to rebuild after core science monitoring programs "atrophied" under the Harper government.

Two agencies were executing a search warrant as part of an active Environment Canada investigation that started in November 2012

The oil-dependent province has been walloped by lower prices and is reviewing costs as it projects years of deficits.