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Newfoundland ports reopened to Estonian fishing vessels
Members of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) were in the news again as the Canadian federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) reopened Newfoundland ports to Estonian vessels but not to Danish Faroe Islands boats. Fleets from both countries had been charged with overfishing. In December DFO Minister Robert Thibault announced that the ban
Unhinged
Bantam Books, 260 pp. Hardbound, $19.95 U.S., $29.95 Canadian Eastport sleuth back on the case There’s Eastport, Maine, and then there’s Sarah Graves’s Eastport, Maine. And the latter is best summed up in her latest murder mystery, Unhinged. “It’s quiet: church socials and baked bean suppers, concerts in the band shell on the library lawn
Caviar, farm-fresh!
How does farmed caviar sound? Well, if you’re American, you’re going to keep wondering. But if you’re Canadian or a citizen of just about any other country, chances are you’ll taste shortnose sturgeon caviar from a farm in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, in the near future. Sturgeon eggs or meat cannot be sold in the
Candadian Auditor General calls Coast Guard inefficient; others complain of budget cuts
The Canadian Auditor General has issued a report to the House of Commons that is highly critical of the Canadian Coast Guard’s efficiency, management practices and ability to protect mariners. An opposition Member of Parliament from Newfoundland is equally critical. But a Newfoundland fishermen’s representative says that the fault lies in inadequate funding for the
New study: declining fisheries have hurt Nova Scotia women’s health
It’s no secret that a declining or collapsed fishery has a ripple effect on home ports and communities. Now a group of Nova Scotia women has produced a study on how women’s health is affected. “Women’s Health and Well-being in Six Nova Scotia Fishing Communities” has been published by the Canadian Research Institute for the
New Brunswick-PEI Bridge blamed for lobster decline
Lobster hauls in the Northumberland Strait in the Maritimes are bad and getting worse, and a fisherman out of Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick, is blaming the Confederation Bridge between his province and Prince Edward Island. “This was a bad season,” said Gary O’Hanley who’s been fishing for more than 40 years. “But the truth of
Green Crab Bisque, anyone?
A Prince Edward Island scientist thinks the green crab, a marauding pest that has hit the Maritimes hard, can also serve as edible food. And he’s been conducting experiments to make his point. “It has good flavor,” said Camille Gallant, a consultant with the Prince Edward Island Food Technology Centre. “I’ve cooked, cracked and eaten