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Construction begins on new Eastport warehouse
PEI fishermen concerned about missing cod
It’s a case of disappearing cod, and Prince Edward Island fishermen are wondering why. The general manager of the Prince Edward Island Fishermen’s Association says that the declining cod stocks on the island are a mystery – to a degree and that degree is seals. “Stocks are declining despite the fact that we’ve had no
Eastport’s new warehouse gets push
The stop-and-start progress toward a new warehouse for the Port of Eastport got a shove Sept. 16 when the Eastport Port Authority’s board of directors, unanimously declaring its commitment to the project, sent a proposal to Federal Marine Terminals for completion of the structure this fall. The action was driven, at least in part, by
Maritime lobster prices: high to customers, low to fishermen
Lobster prices for fishermen in two Canadian Maritime provinces are low while retail prices are high, and in New Brunswick lobstermen want to know why. But on Prince Edward Island they think they’ve figured it out. Rory McLellan, general manager of the Prince Edward Island Fishermen’s Association, is charging price fixing by the processors, and
Burnt Church Natives, Canadian DFO sign lobster agreement
The Mi’kmaq of Burnt Church Reserve in New Brunswick and the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans have come to terms over management and regulation of the Miramichi lobster fishery – at least for the next two years. A hereditary chief of the Mk’kmaq Grand Council, however, declared the agreement “a sellout.” Representatives of both
Maine DMR issues new aquaculture restrictions for Cobscook Bay
As part of the continuing battle against Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA), the Maine Department of Marine Resources has issued emergency rules restricting aquaculture vessel and service equipment movement into and out of Cobscook Bay. The new regulations went into effect on Aug. 21 and are in addition to those restrictions imposed in September, 2001. The
Lobstering in “Gray Zone” now matter of dispute
It’s called the “Gray Zone,” and for a long time the name fit as far as lobstermen from Maine and Grand Manan were concerned. But this summer it all changed, and now it’s an area of sometimes heated dispute. Both the U.S. and Canadian governments have laid claim to the “Gray Zone,” a roughly oval-shaped
No fishing, just a plaque
July 2 marked the 10th anniversary of the moratorium imposed on the Newfoundland cod fishery, caused by its virtual collapse – and Newfoundlanders commemorated the date with the unveiling of a plaque in St. John’s. The text reads: “For nearly 500 years the fishery sustained, employed, and defined the people of Newfoundland and Labrador. Generations
Old Home Week
When Eastport harbor pilot Captain Bob Peacock stepped onto the deck of the USS GONZALEZ (DDG 66) from the destroyer’s pilot’s ladder on July 3 in the Bay of Fundy, his step represented the culmination of a lot of work by Peacock and a lot of other people. And the work was continuing as Peacock
“A bonehead decision” Prince Edward Island, Quebec in fishery boundary dispute
Which is more valid, fishing in an area based on decades of history and tradition – or fishing in an area determined by a line on a map? That’s the question that Prince Edward Island lobstermen are asking federal Fisheries and Oceans Minister Robert Thibault. The P.E.I. fishermen have been joined in their request by