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Fisheries and Oceans Canada says in the summer of 2021, a staff member boarded a vessel "associated with OceanGate" to ...
The rescue operation took place near Hartley Bay, a village on the shores of British Columbia, according to an Aug. 11 news release from Fisheries and Oceans Canada. The marine mammal was found ...
As Canada weathers economic uncertainty due to tariffs, Indigenous people across the country are asserting their rights and ...
Balancing economic growth with sustainable fisheries is essential to protect our marine resources and secure a strong future for the fishing industry and coastal communities. Today, the Minister ...
"Our Canadian Hydrographic Service discovered an uncharted, seemingly intact shipwreck on Sydney Bight, off Cape Breton ...
Fewer than one-third of Canada’s fisheries are considered healthy (30.4 per cent, compared to 34.5 in 2017). Sixteen per cent are in the cautious zone and 17 per cent are in the critical zone.
To help protect Canada's waterways from these threats, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), in partnership with the Manitoba Government, conducted a joint roadside inspection blitz on Highway 1 (the ...
Environment Scientists Level New Critiques of Fisheries and Oceans Canada ‘DFO has a legal duty to protect and conserve fish,’ says a UBC researcher. ‘That legal duty is not being met.’ ...
Within fisheries management agencies in Canada, there has been a move to implement "limit reference points". These limit reference points mark the fine line between cautious and critical levels.