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Cut in bluefin tuna quotas impacts Prince Edward Island fishermen
The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) has set reduced bluefin tuna quotas for 2009, 2010 and 2011. The Canadian quota has been reduced from 546 metric tons in 2008, to 505 in 2009 and 485 in 2010, according to Ed Frenette, executive director of the Prince Edward Island Fishermen’s Association (PEIFA).
PEI fishermen manage tuna fishery to a successful season
Careful management of the Prince Edward Island tuna fishery by the fishermen themselves has resulted in a successful 2008 season. And planning for the season, which ended on October 6th, began with meetings by fishermen all across the island during last winter. “By our standards it was a very good season,” said Ed Frenette, executive
A Face at the Window
Bantam Books, 2009 Hardcover, 320 pages, $22 New mystery is a departure for Graves Sarah Graves’s latest murder mystery, A Face at the Window, is a departure, both in title style and narrative point of view, from first person to third-and it’s far and away her best offering yet. The twelfth in her “Home Repair
Canadian election raises concerns about Newfoundland fishery, outports
Will our future include outports?” is the title of a report presented to the Newfoundland/Labrador government by the Fish, Food and Allied Workers (FFAW) in September. Subtitled “Strengthening and sustaining rural communities through fisheries restructuring,” the report by the union both raises concerns about the future of outports but also offers steps that should be
A big year at the Port of Easport
The Port of Eastport is alive and well and on track to set a new export tonnage record, according to port director Chris Gardner. “We appear to be heading for a record year,” Gardner says. “We should break the 400,000 [metric] tons mark, and in fact I expect us to be on the healthy side
Another bailout for Saint John-Digby ferry
The ferry service between Saint John, New Brunswick, and Digby, Nova Scotia, on the Bay of Fundy has received a second funding reprieve-a total of 15.1 million from the governments of Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Announcement of the funding was made by Peter MacKay, National Defense Minister who also holds the portfolio for
P.E.I fishermen close tuna fishery; wait for bigger fish
The Prince Edward Island tuna season opened on July 30, and as of August 14 reports from the fishery were cautiously positive. “On the whole I would say that this year’s results are steadier than they have been,” said Ed Frenette, executive director of the Prince Edward Island Fishermen’s Association (PEIFA). Frenette is quick
Eastport Pilot: Lots of Planning, a Few Close Calls
At 11 a.m. on July 6, approximately a mile and half northeast of East Quoddy Head Light in the Bay of Fundy, Captain Robert Peacock stepped from the deck of the U.S.S. Hawes (FFG-53) onto the frigate’s pilot’s ladder. That step officially marked the end of Eastport’s Old Home Week/Fourth of July celebration – and
Firm tests new tidal power equipment in the Eastport area
Could electric power generated from tidal currents in Passamaquoddy and Cobscook Bays be sufficient to take Eastport and, possibly, Washington County off the power grid? Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) and Eastport officials are betting it can. To that end ORPC plans to begin commercial power production by October 2009, according to company president and
If it’s May, it Must be an iceberg-or just plain ice
In Atlantic Canada there’s one thing you can count on during the month of May – ice. It can take the form of icebergs drifting along the Newfoundland coast or it can take the form of a frozen harbor that delays the opening of spring lobster season. Residents take it all on stride. For example,