fisheries

New book looks at seals and cod stocks controversy

Robert DeVet — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 17:23:53 +0000

Author Linda Pannozzo: "Everybody wants to know what side you are on"

Cod stocks in the Atlantic, after hitting rock bottom more than twenty years ago, are not recovering, and scientists believe that extinction continues to be a real possibility for at least some of the stocks.

CETA and the Atlantic Fisheries

Natascia Lypny — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:04:42 +0000

New trade treaties jeopardize our ability to regulate fisheries

K'jipuktuk (Halifax) — A new report on the impact of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) on fisheries raises many concerns.

Call for Aquaculture Reform

PalBou — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:44:37 +0000

Over a hundred groups unite in support of a moratorium on high-risk aquaculture

K'jipuktuk (Halifax) – 108 different organizations banded together in Halifax today to let provincial politicians know they want salmon aquaculture out of the ocean and onto the land.

Greenwashing Sustainable Seafood

PalBou — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:35:50 +0000

The environmental community rejects the sustainable certification of Nova Scotia longline caught swordfish

Sustainable seafood certification announces to consumers that the fish they are buying is caught using ecologically sound practices that ensure the conservation of affected species.

Big Fish, Big Business

PalBou — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:05:33 +0000

The Atlantic longline swordfish fishery may be certified as sustainable, despite excessive bycatch of endangered species

The Ecology Action Centre (EAC) and David Suzuki Foundation along with 33 other conservation groups oppose the sustainable eco-label that is being recommended for the Atlantic Canadian swordfish longline fishery.